Paper #19: Utilization and Reliability of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Vertebral Column Resections for Severe Early-Onset Scoliosis

Anna McClung; Gregory Mundis; Jeff Pawelek; Sumeet Garg; Burt Yaszay; Oheneba Boachie-Adjei; James O Sanders; Paul Sponseller; Francisco Javier Sánchez Pérez-Grueso; William Lavelle; John Emans; Charles Johnston; Behrooz Akbarnia; Children’s Spine Study Group; Growing Spine Study Group

doi:10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.022

Paper #19: Utilization and Reliability of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Vertebral Column Resections for Severe Early-Onset Scoliosis

Spine Deform. 2017 Nov;5(6):448-449. doi: 10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.022.

Authors

Anna McClung, Gregory Mundis, Jeff Pawelek, Sumeet Garg, Burt Yaszay, Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, James O Sanders, Paul Sponseller, Francisco Javier Sánchez Pérez-Grueso, William Lavelle, John Emans, Charles Johnston, Behrooz Akbarnia; Children’s Spine Study Group; Growing Spine Study Group

PMID: 31997191
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspd.2017.09.022

Abstract

Use of IOM in treating EOS with a VCR was found to be effective in 100% of the patients; despite 7/33 having a preop neuro deficit. 12/33 with an IOM change, with 42% having a post-op deficit.