Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potential in Predicting Positive Functional Outcome of Patients after Decompressive Spine Surgery: Review on Challenges and Recommendations towards Objective Interpretation. (3rd November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jamaludin, Mohd Redzuan; Lai, Khin Wee; Chuah, Joon Huang; Zaki, Muhammad Afiq; Hum, Yan Chai; Tee, Yee Kai; Mohd Salim, Maheza Irna; Saw, Lim Beng
• Other Names: Lin Hong Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Behavioural neurology. Volume 2021(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-11-03
• Subjects: Neuropsychology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychiatry -- Periodicals; Cognitive neuroscience -- Periodicals; 616.8005
• DOI: 10.1155/2021/2684855
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0953-4180

Abstract

Abstract : Spine surgeries impose risk to the spine's surrounding anatomical and physiological structures especially the spinal cord and the nerve roots. Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) is a technology developed to monitor the integrity of the spinal cord and the nerve roots via the surgery. Transcranial motor evoked potential (TcMEP) (one of the IONM modalities) is adopted to monitor the integrity of the motor pathway of the spinal cord and the motor nerve roots. Recent research suggested that the IONM is conducive as a prognostic tool towards the patient's functional outcome. This paper summarizes the researches of IONM being adopted as a prognostic tool. In addition, this paper highlights the problems associated with the signal parameters as the improvement criteria in the previous researches. Lastly, we review the challenges of TcMEP to achieve a prognostic tool focusing on the factors that could interfere with the generation of a stable TcMEP response. The final section will discuss recommendations for IONM technology to achieve an objective prognostic tool.