Study Design: A retrospective review of 40,919 cervical spine surgeries monitored with motor evoked potentials (MEPs) from a multi-institutional intraoperative neuromonitoring database.
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the clinical impact of interventions prompted by C5 spinal nerve root MEP alerts.
Summary Of Background Data: MEPs have been shown to diagnose acute C5 palsies, but additional data are needed regarding the clinical impact of interventions in response to C5 MEP alerts.