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Eager, MD
Adam L. Shimer, MD
Faisal Jahangiri, MD
Francis H. Shen, MD
Vincent Arlet, MD
« Instrumentation
´ 32 cases
« 17 intraoperative “saves” (true event)
« Intraoperative neuromonitoring caused an
intervention during the surgery
² Hypotention (5)
² Patient positioning/external force (4)
² Deformity correction (7)
² Screw malposition, low triggered EMG, repositioned
(1)
« No postoperative deficits
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring – V Arlet
´ 32 cases
« Controls (4)
« False-positives (4)
² No postoperative deficits
´ 32 cases
« False-negatives (3)
² Posterior lumbar instrumentation
² Passive EMGs quiet during surgery, no
triggered EMGs performed
² Postoperative radiculopathy / motor
weakness
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring – V Arlet
« Cost?
² Neuromonitoring cost per case?
¹ Decompression