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ReviewJournal of clinical monitoring and computing2006

Intraoperative motor evoked potential monitoring: overview and update.

David B Macdonald

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Review in Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03731455 (A Prospective, Interventional, Multi-center, Open-label, Premarket Study to Evaluate Safety, Performance and Usability of the Wise Cortical Strip for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring), which is not on this map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03731455 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

A Prospective, Interventional, Multi-center, Open-label, Premarket Study to Evaluate Safety, Performance and Usability of the Wise Cortical Strip for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (WIN Study)

TypeinterventionalSponsorWise S.r.l.Ran2019 to 2020Enrolled32ConditionsBrain Tumor Adult, EpilepsyArmsWISE Cortical Strip
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Transcranial electric stimulation motor evoked potentials for cervical spine intraoperative monitoring complications: systematic review and illustrative case of cardiac arrest.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022
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  11. Transcranial electrical evoked muscle potentials for pediatric neurosurgery: scoping review of stimulation techniques and success rates.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

David B MacdonaldDepartment of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, MBC 76, PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia. dbmacdon@yahoo.com

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amidst controversy about methodology and safety, intraoperative neurophysiology has entered a new era of increasingly routine transcranial and direct electrical brain stimulation for motor evoked potential (MEP) monitoring. Based on literature review and illustrative clinical experience, this tutorial aims to present a balanced overview for experienced practitioners, surgeons and anesthesiologists as well as those new to the field. It details the physiologic basis, indications and methodology of current MEP monitoring techniques, evaluates their safety, explores interpretive controversies and outlines some applications and results, including aortic aneurysm, intramedullary spinal cord tumor, spinal deformity, posterior fossa tumor, intracranial aneurysm and peri-rolandic brain surgeries. The many advances in motor system assessment achieved in the last two decades undoubtedly improve monitoring efficacy without unduly compromising safety. Future studies and experience will likely clarify existing controversies and bring further advances.

Indexed as

Evoked Potentials, MotorAnimalsElectrodesElectroencephalographyHumansMonitoring, IntraoperativeSafetyTranscutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

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