Transcranial electric stimulation motor evoked potentials for cervical spine intraoperative monitoring complications: systematic review and illustrative case of cardiac arrest.

Francisco Revilla-PachecoShoko WatanabeJoel Rodríguez-ReyesClaudia Sánchez-TorresPaul Shkurovich-BialikTenoch Herrada-PinedaPamela Rodríguez-SalgadoJuvenal Franco-GranilloMartín Calderón-Juárez

Published in: 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)

This systematic review shows that TES-MEP is a safe procedure with a very low prevalence of complications. To our best knowledge, asystole is reported for the first time as a complication during TES-MEP IONM.

Keyphrases

systematic review
cardiac arrest
meta analyses
risk factors
minimally invasive