Feasibility of intraoperative motor evoked potential monitoring during tethered cord surgery in infants younger than 12 months.
Johannes HertaErdem YildizDaniela MarhoferThomas CzechAndrea ReinprechtKarl RösslerKlaus NovakPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2021)
In spinal cord release surgery, the use of intraoperative MEP monitoring is indicated regardless of the patient's age. We could demonstrate the feasibility and safety of MEP monitoring in infants if an adequate anesthetic regimen is applied. More data is needed to verify whether an irreversible loss of robust MEPs leads to motor deficits in this young age group.