title: Intraoperative Monitoring: Recent Advances in Motor Evoked Potentials.
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.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 251 East Huron Street, F5-704, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, 251 East Huron Street, F5-704, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University, 251 East Huron Street, F5-704, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: a-koht@northwestern.edu.
authors: Antoun
authors: A
authors: Koht
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 571 Cambridge Drive, Fairview, TX 75069, USA.
authors: Tod B
authors: TB
authors: Sloan
mesh_terms: D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D019148:Neuromuscular Blockade; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Somatosensory evoked potentials