Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during scoliosis surgery in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

ConclusionsTc-MEP and SSEP monitoring is feasible, particularly when Tc-MEPs are recorded from the abductor hallucis muscle in patients with DMD. Similar TMS/CMAP and Tc-MEP/CMAP ratios show that there were no differences observed in cortical excitability between the groups. IONM seems a feasible and valuable neurophysiological tool to signal possible surgically induced damage to the spinal cord during scoliosis correction surgery in patients with DMD.
Source: European Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research