Cost-Effectiveness of Intraoperative Electromyography to Determine Adequate Screw Position.
Charles YuRoger K OwensCharles H CrawfordMladen DjurasovicJeffrey L GumMorgan BrownLeah Yacat CarreonPublished in: Global spine journal (2022)
Only 1% of the 725 lumbar pedicle screws placed in 8 of 145 cases required repositioning. Due to the infrequency of pedicle wall breaches and the cost of ION, the utility of this modality in straightforward lumbar fusions should be critically evaluated.