Efficacy of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring during the Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy

Abstract

Objective The accuracy of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) during surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) to detect iatrogenic nervous system injuries while they are reversible remains unknown. We evaluated a cohort of patients who had IONM during surgery to assess accuracy.

Keywords

• cervical spondylotic myelopathy
• degenerative cervical myelopathy
• electromyography
• intraoperative neuromonitoring