• Childs Nerv Syst · Feb 2010

    Review Case Reports

    Intramedullary spinal cord tumor surgery: can we do it without intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring?

    • Wesley Hsu, Chetan Bettegowda, and George I Jallo.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. weshsu@jhmi.edu
    • Childs Nerv Syst. 2010 Feb 1;26(2):241-5.

    ObjectiveThe objective of this review is to discuss the utilization of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) during spinal cord tumor surgery.DiscussionThe literature generally supports the use of intraoperative monitoring during surgery for spinal cord lesions.ConclusionWe argue that IONM should be the standard of care for the treatment of such pathology, and a number of issues supporting this argument are discussed.

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