Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) were recorded from the scalp for intraoperative monitoring of patients undergoing surgical correction of spine deformities or spine fractures. Alterations in the SSEP with distraction, spine manipulation, anesthesia, hypotension, and other intraoperative variables are described. When loss of the SSEP occurred and a waiting period was undertaken until it returned, all patients with an SSEP present upon closing, which was within +/- 2 SD of their anesthetized control values, had no neurologic complications. Alterations in SSEP consisting of increases in latency of 15% and decreases in amplitude of 50% were not associated with any postoperative neurologic deficits.
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