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ArticleSurgical neurology international2024

Adhesive surface electrodes versus needle-based neuromonitoring in lumbar spinal surgery.

Renuka Chintapalli, Dhiraj Pangal, Maria-Jose Cavagnaro, Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, Thomas Johnstone, John Ratliff

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Renuka ChintapalliSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Dhiraj PangalDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Maria-Jose CavagnaroDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Maria Isabel Barros GuinleDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Thomas JohnstoneDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
John RatliffDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The relative safety and more widespread utility of an adhesive surface electrode-based neuromonitoring (ABM) system may reduce the time and cost of traditional needle-based neuromonitoring (NBM). Methods: This retrospective cohort review included one- and two-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures (2019-2023). The primary variables studied included were time (in minutes) from patient entry into the operating room (OR) to incision, time from patient entry into the OR to closure, and time from incision to closure. Univariate and bivariate analyses were performed to compare the outcomes between the ABM (31 patients) and NBM (51 patients) modalities. Results: We found no significant differences in the time from patient entry into the OR to incision (ABM: 71.8, NBM: 70.3, Conclusion: The introduction of the ABM system did not lower surgical time but did demonstrate similar efficacy and clinical outcomes, with reduced clinical invasiveness, neurophysiologist-associated workforce, and overall neuromonitoring cost compared to NBM.

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Cost efficiencySpine surgerySurface electrodessurgical timeTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)

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PMID38974557
PMCPMC11225542

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