Correction to: Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervision "guideline" a trustworthy guideline? A commentary.

The article Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervision "guideline" a trustworthy guideline? A commentary, written by Stanley A. Skinner, Elif Ilgaz Aydinlar, Lawrence F. Borges, Bob S.

Threshold testing of lumbosacral pedicle screws: a reappraisal.

Older reports of unmonitored pedicle screw implantation during spine decompression/fusion suggest a low but finite additional clinical risk when compared with decompression/fusion without the use of pedicle screws. Intraoperative and/or postoperative computed tomography imaging has advanced our understanding of the key spatial relationships between screws, pedicle wall, and nerve roots. These combined data underpin and background reported series of monitored pedicle screw insertion.

Spinal cord injury from electrocautery: observations in a porcine model using electromyography and motor evoked potentials.

We have previously investigated electromyographic (EMG) and transcranial motor evoked potential (MEP) abnormalities after mechanical spinal cord injury. We now report thermally generated porcine spinal cord injury, characterized by spinal cord generated hindlimb EMG injury activity and spinal cord motor conduction block (MEP loss). Electrocautery (EC) was delivered to thoracic level dural root sleeves within 6-8 mm of the spinal cord (n = 6).