An evaluation of anesthetic fade in motor evoked potential monitoring in spinal deformity surgeries

Intraoperative neuromonitoring using motor evoked potentials (MEP) satisfactorily detects motor tract integrity changes during spinal surgery. However, monitoring is affected by “anesthetic fade,” in which the...

Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research - September 5, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Ryo Ugawa, Tomoyuki Takigawa, Hiroko Shimomiya, Takuma Ohnishi, Yuri Kurokawa, Yoshiaki Oda, Yasuyuki Shiozaki, Haruo Misawa, Masato Tanaka and Toshifumi Ozaki Tags: Research article Source Type: research