Use of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in the case of surgical intervention in spinal column and spinal cord
Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring consists in assessing spinal cord continuity by registration of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials and aims to prevent postoperative neurological deficits. The monitoring procedure is reviewed shortly and intraoperative alerts detected impending injury to the spinal cord are discussed. Studies related to effectiveness of monitoring in scoliosis surgery and research perspectives are described.