Does Intraoperative Electromyographic Monitoring in Lumbar Microdiscectomy Correlate with Postoperative Pain?

Dimopoulos, Vassilios G.; Feltes, Carlos H.; Fountas, Kostas N.; Kapsalakis, Ioannis Z.; Vogel, Robert L.; Fuhrmann, Bridget; Grigorian, Arthur A.; Johnston, Kim W.; Smisson, Hugh F.; Robinson, Joe Sam

doi:10.1097/00007611-200408000-00005

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“…The frequency of postoperative neurological injuries following spEMG alerts is low, indicating a low specificity for this technique. 63,64 stEMG monitoring involves the electrical stimulation of a pedicle channel or screw and the recording of the stimulation threshold needed to trigger a CMAP. 63 The stimulating probe is placed into the pedicle-screw channel or on the surface of the pedicle screw, and a threshold potential for stimulation of a CMAP is recorded.…”

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confidence: 99%