Purpose: We compared the value of different uni- and multimodal intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) methods on the detection of neurological complications during spine surgery. Methods: IONM data derived from sensory spinal and cortical evoked potentials combined with continuous electromyography monitoring, motor evoked potentials and spinal recording were evaluated in relation to subsequent post-operative neurological changes. Patients were categorised based on their true-positive or true-negative post-operative neurological status. Results: In 2728 consecutive patients we had 909 (33.3%) IONM alerts. We had 8 false negatives (0.3%) with post-operative radicular deficit that completely recovered within 3 months, except for one. There was no false negative for spinal cord injury. 107 were true positives, and 23 were false positives. Multimodal IONM sensitivity and specificity were 93.0% and 99.1%, respectively. The frequency of neurological complications including minor deficits was 4.2% (n = 115), of which 0.37% (n = 10) were permanent. Analysis of the single IONM modalities varied between 13 and 81% to detect neurological complications compared with 93% when using all modalities. Conclusion: Multimodal IONM is more effective and accurate in assessing spinal cord and nerve root function during spine surgeries to reduce both neurological complications and false-negative findings compared to unimodal monitoring. We recommend multimodal IONM in all complex spine surgeries. Graphical abstract: These slides can be retrieved from Electronic Supplementary Material.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
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Sutter, M., Eggspuehler, A., Jeszenszky, D., Kleinstueck, F., Fekete, T. F., Haschtmann, D., … Dvorak, J. (2019). The impact and value of uni- and multimodal intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) on neurological complications during spine surgery: a prospective study of 2728 patients. European Spine Journal, 28(3), 599–610. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5861-0
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