February 21, 2012; 78 (8) Special Article
Evidence-based guideline update: Intraoperative spinal monitoring with somatosensory and transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials
Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
M.R. Nuwer, R.G. Emerson, G. Galloway, A.D. Legatt, J. Lopez, R. Minahan, T. Yamada, D.S. Goodin, C. Armon, V. Chaudhry, G.S. Gronseth, C.L. Harden
First published February 20, 2012, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e318247fa0e
M.R. Nuwer
R.G. Emerson
G. Galloway
A.D. Legatt
J. Lopez
R. Minahan
T. Yamada
D.S. Goodin
C. Armon
V. Chaudhry
G.S. Gronseth
Evidence-based guideline update: Intraoperative spinal monitoring with somatosensory and transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials
Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
M.R. Nuwer, R.G. Emerson, G. Galloway, A.D. Legatt, J. Lopez, R. Minahan, T. Yamada, D.S. Goodin, C. Armon, V. Chaudhry, G.S. Gronseth, C.L. Harden
Neurology Feb 2012, 78 (8) 585-589; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318247fa0e
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vol. 78 no. 8 585-589
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- Received June 17, 2011
- Accepted October 7, 2011
- First Published February 20, 2012.
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Copyright © 2012 by AAN Enterprises, Inc.
Author Disclosures
- M.R. Nuwer, MD, PhD, FAAN,
- R.G. Emerson, MD, FAAN,
- G. Galloway, MD, FAAN,
- A.D. Legatt, MD, PhD, FAAN,
- J. Lopez, MD,
- R. Minahan, MD,
- T. Yamada, MD,
- D.S. Goodin, MD,
- C. Armon, MD, MHS, FAAN,
- V. Chaudhry, MD, FAAN,
- G.S. Gronseth, MD, FAAN and
- C.L. Harden, MD
- M.R. Nuwer, MD, PhD, FAAN,
- R.G. Emerson, MD, FAAN,
- G. Galloway, MD, FAAN,
- A.D. Legatt, MD, PhD, FAAN,
- J. Lopez, MD,
- R. Minahan, MD,
- T. Yamada, MD,
- D.S. Goodin, MD,
- C. Armon, MD, MHS, FAAN,
- V. Chaudhry, MD, FAAN,
- G.S. Gronseth, MD, FAAN and
- C.L. Harden, MD
- From the Department of Neurology (M.R.N.), University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Hospital for Special Surgery (R.G.E.), New York, NY; Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics (G.G.), Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus; Department of Neurology (A.D.L.), Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Department of Neurology (J.L.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Department of Neurology (R.M.), Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Neurology (T.Y.), University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City; Department of Neurology (D.S.G.), University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco; Division of Neurology (C.A.), Tufts University School of Medicine and Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA; Department of Neurology (V.C.), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurology (G.S.G.), University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City; and Department of Neurology (C.L.H.), Hofstra North Shore-Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY.
- Correspondence & reprint requests to American Academy of Neurology: guidelines{at}aan.com
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- Gary S. Gronseth, Professor, University of Kansasggronseth@kumc.edu
Submitted April 06, 2012 - Re:Re:Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring: Reply to Ney and van der Goes
- Ronald G. Emerson, Physician, Hospital for Special Surgeryemersonr@hss.edu
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Submitted March 23, 2012 - Intraoperative Spinal Cord Monitoring Does Improve Outcomes
- Marc R Nuwer, professor, UCLA Dept Neurologymrn@ucla.edu
- Marc R Nuwer, Los Angeles, CA
Submitted March 23, 2012 - Re:Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring: Reply to Ney and van der Goes
- John P. Ney, Neurologist, University of Washingtonneyj@u.washington.edu
- John Ney, Seattle, Washington; David van der Goes, Seattle, WA
Submitted March 19, 2012 - Updated Practice Guidelines for IOM - an important step in the right direction
- Eva K. Ritzl, Director of IOM, Johns Hopkins Universityeritzl1@jhmi.edu
- Eva K. Ritzl, Baltimore, MD
Submitted March 19, 2012 - Re:Updated Practice Guidelines for IOM Fall Short
- Anup D. Patel, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicineanup.patel@nationwidechildrens.org
Submitted March 15, 2012 - Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring: Reply to Ney and van der Goes
- Marc R Nuwer, Professor, UCLA Dept NeurologyMRN@UCLA.edu
- Marc Nuwer, Los Angeles, CA; Ronald Emerson, New York, NY; Robert Minahan, Washington DC; Alan Legatt, New York, NY; Gloria Galloway, Columbus, OH, Jamie Lopez, Stanford, CA and Thoru Yamada, Iowa City, IA
Submitted March 13, 2012 - Updated Practice Guidelines for IOM Fall Short
- John P. Ney, Instructor, Neurology, University of Washington, Comparative Effectiveness and Cost Outcomes Research Centerneyj@uw.edu
- David N. van der Goes
Submitted March 06, 2012
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