Intraoperative Monitoring: Recent Advances in Motor Evoked Potentials

Antoun Koht*, Tod B. Sloan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Advances in electrophysiological monitoring have improved the ability of surgeons to make decisions and minimize the risks of complications during surgery and interventional procedures when the central nervous system (CNS) is at risk. Individual techniques have become important for identifying or mapping the location and pathway of critical neural structures. These techniques are also used to monitor the progress of procedures to augment surgical and physiologic management so as to reduce the risk of CNS injury. Advances in motor evoked potentials have facilitated mapping and monitoring of the motor tracts in newer, more complex procedures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)525-535
Number of pages11
JournalAnesthesiology Clinics
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2016

Keywords

  • Electroencephalography
  • Electromyography
  • Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring
  • Motor evoked potentials
  • Somatosensory evoked potentials

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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