Incorporating Intraoperative Mechanomyography to Peripheral Nerve Decompression Surgery.

Jaime R GuerreroKhaled M TaghlabiLokeshwar S BhenderuJesus G Cruz-GarzaSaad JaveedChristopher F DibbleWilson Z RayAmir H Faraji

Published in: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (2023)

MMG may provide objective guidance for the intraoperative determination of the extent of nerve decompression. Lower stimulus thresholds may represent increased sparing of axonal tissue. Future work should focus on validating normative values of MMG stimulus thresholds in various nerves and establishing clinical associations with functional outcomes.

Keyphrases

peripheral nerve
minimally invasive
robot assisted
patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass
spinal cord injury
current status
solid phase extraction
optic nerve
coronary artery disease
atrial fibrillation