Abstract:Intraoperative motor evoked potential monitoring is commonly used during spinal surgeries as it reduces incidence of neurological damage and have better post-operative neurological outcome. Anaesthetic agents cause a dose dependent inhibition of evoked potential responses while ketamine and dexmedetomidine are said to have minimal effect. We planned this study to compare effect of dexmedetomidine and ketamine on MEP. Materials and Methods: All patients induced using glycopyrrolate, fentanyl, propofol and no an… Show more
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