Intraoperative neurophysiologic spinal cord monitoring in thoracolumbar burst fractures.

Study Design: Clinical prospective cohort study in academic tertiary setting.

Objective: Evaluate intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring of the spinal cord in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures.

Summary Of Background Data: The majority of clinical studies using intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring in spinal trauma focus exclusively on somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEP), and there are no specific article on the use of transcranial motor-evoked potentials (TcMEP), and stimulated electromyography (SEMG) by direct stimulation of the pedicular screws in thoracolumbar burst type fractures.