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- Yang Yuan, Yongjie Zhang, Xiao Song, Xin Zhang, Chunjuan Li, Tao Yuan, Huaguang Qi, and Liang Yan.
- Department of Functional Examination, Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710000, China.
- Eur Spine J. 2023 Nov 1; 32 (11): 404540534045-4053.
PurposeWe aimed to investigate the value of intraoperative multi-channel recording of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) in patients undergoing posterior instrumentation surgery with fusion.MethodsThis study included 176 patients with scoliosis who underwent posterior correction surgery from January 2019 to June 2020. Among them, 88 patients underwent routine SSEPs monitoring via single-channel (Cz'-Fpz) cortical recording (control group), while the remaining 88 patients underwent multi-channel (Cz'-Fpz and C3'-C4') SSEPs monitoring in the cortex. Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used to analyze the influence of age, spinal deformity classification, and Cobb angle on waveform differentiation and the success rate of SSEPs monitoring.ResultsUnivariate analysis revealed that age, type of scoliosis, and Cobb angle exerted significant effects on the success rate of intraoperative SSEPs monitoring, and the SSEPs waveform differentiation rate was poorest among patients with congenital scoliosis. Intraoperative monitoring results indicated that the success rate of single-channel SSEPs monitoring was 90.9%, while that of multi-channel monitoring was 98.9% (P < 0.05). Among the intraoperative alarm cases, the incidence of adverse events after single-channel SSEPs monitoring was 66.7%, while the incidence of adverse events after multi-channel SSEPs monitoring was only 28.6%.ConclusionMulti-channel cortical SSEPs monitoring can effectively and accurately evaluate the function of the posterior column of the spinal cord. Use of multi-channel SSEP monitoring may help to improve the success rate of monitoring and reduce the incidence of postoperative adverse events in patients with congenital scoliosis.© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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