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  • Title: Significant change or loss of intraoperative monitoring data: a 25-year experience in 12,375 spinal surgeries.
    Author: Raynor BL, Bright JD, Lenke LG, Rahman RK, Bridwell KH, Riew KD, Buchowski JM, Luhmann SJ, Padberg AM.
    Journal: Spine (Phila Pa 1976); 2013 Jan 15; 38(2):E101-8. PubMed ID: 23124262.
    Abstract:
    STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to report the spectrum of intraoperative events responsible for a loss or significant change in intraoperative monitoring (IOM) data. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: The efficacy of spinal cord/nerve root monitoring is demonstrated in a large, single institution series of patients, involving all levels of the spinal column (occiput to sacrum) and all spinal surgical procedures. METHODS: Multimodality IOM included somatosensory-evoked potentials, descending neurogenic-evoked potentials, neurogenic motor-evoked potentials, and spontaneous and triggered electromyography. A total of 12,375 patients who underwent surgery for spinal pathology between January 1985 and December 2010 were reviewed. There were 59.3% female patients (7178) and 40.7% male patients (5197). Procedures by spinal level were as follows: cervical 29.7% (3671), thoracic/thoracolumbar 45.4% (5624), and lumbosacral 24.9% (3080). Age at the time of surgery was as follows: older than 18 years, 72.7% (242/8993) and younger than 18 years, 27.3% (144/3382). A total of 77.8% (9633) patients underwent primary surgical procedures and 22.2% (2742) patients underwent revision surgical procedures. RESULTS: A total of 406 instances of IOM data change/loss occurred in 386 of 12,375 (3.1%) patients. Causes for data degradation/loss included the following: instrumentation (n = 131), positioning (n = 85), correction (n = 56), systemic (n = 49), unknown (n = 24), and focal spinal cord compression (n = 15). Data loss/change was seen in revision (6.1%/167 patients) surgical procedures more commonly than in primary procedures (2.3%/219 patients; P < 0.0001). Data improvement was demonstrated by 88.7% (n = 360) after intervention versus 11.3% (n = 46) with no improvement in IOM data. One patient with improved data after intervention versus 14 with no improvement despite intervention had a permanent neurological deficit (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: IOM data identified 386 (3.1%) patients with loss/degradation of data in 12,375 spinal surgical procedures. Fortunately, in 93.3% of patients, intervention led to data recovery and no neurological deficits. Reduction from a potential (worst-case scenario) 3.1% (386) of patients with significant change/loss of IOM data to a permanent neurological deficit rate of 0.12% (15) patients was achieved (P < 0.0001), thus confirming efficacy of IOM.
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