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Asimakidou E, Abut PA, Raabe A, Seidel K. Motor Evoked Potential Warning Criteria in Supratentorial Surgery: A Scoping Review. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:2803. [PMID: 34199853 PMCID: PMC8200078 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13112803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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During intraoperative monitoring of motor evoked potentials (MEP), heterogeneity across studies in terms of study populations, intraoperative settings, applied warning criteria, and outcome reporting exists. A scoping review of MEP warning criteria in supratentorial surgery was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Sixty-eight studies fulfilled the eligibility criteria. The most commonly used alarm criteria were MEP signal loss, which was always a major warning sign, followed by amplitude reduction and threshold elevation. Irreversible MEP alterations were associated with a higher number of transient and persisting motor deficits compared with the reversible changes. In almost all studies, specificity and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) were high, while in most of them, sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) were rather low or modest. Thus, the absence of an irreversible alteration may reassure the neurosurgeon that the patient will not suffer a motor deficit in the short-term and long-term follow-up. Further, MEPs perform well as surrogate markers, and reversible MEP deteriorations after successful intervention indicate motor function preservation postoperatively. However, in future studies, a consensus regarding the definitions of MEP alteration, critical duration of alterations, and outcome reporting should be determined.
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- Evridiki Asimakidou
- Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (E.A.); (P.A.A.); (A.R.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (E.A.); (P.A.A.); (A.R.)
- Department of Neurosurgery, Clínica 25 de Mayo, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (E.A.); (P.A.A.); (A.R.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland; (E.A.); (P.A.A.); (A.R.)
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Ko MJ, Oh B, Jung JW, Oh DS, Jin SC, Kang E, Kim YH, Kim SH, Kim H. Comparing the effect between continuous infusion and intermittent bolus of rocuronium for intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring of neurointervention under general anesthesia. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e13816. [PMID: 30572545 PMCID: PMC6320150 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000013816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Medical researchers have been reluctant to use neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBD) during the use of intraoperative motor evoked potential (MEP) monitoring despite the possibility of patient movement. In this study, we compared the effects of no NMBD and continuous rocuronium infusion on the incidence of patient involuntary movement and MEP monitoring. METHODS In this study, 80 patients who underwent neuro intervention with MEP monitoring were randomly assigned into 2 groups. After an anesthetic induction, bolus of rocuronium 0.1 mg/kg was injected when it was needed (for patient involuntary movement or at the request of the surgeon) in group B, and 5 mcg/kg/min of rocuronium were infused in group I study participants. The incidence of patient involuntary movement and spontaneous respiration, the mean MEP amplitude, coefficient of variation (CV), the incidence of MEP stimulus change and train-of-four (TOF) count were compared. RESULTS The incidence of involuntary movement and spontaneous movement were measured as significantly lower in group I (P < .05). The incidence of undetectable MEP did not differ as measured in both groups. The means and CVs of MEP amplitude in all limbs were significantly lower in group I. The mean TOF counts from 30 to 80 min of operation were significantly higher in group B. CONCLUSION We conclude that the continuous infusion of rocuronium effectively inhibited the involuntary movement and spontaneous respiration of the patient while enabling MEP monitoring.
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- Myoung Jin Ko
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital of Inje University
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Chung J, Park W, Hong SH, Park JC, Ahn JS, Kwun BD, Lee SA, Kim SH, Jeon JY. Intraoperative use of transcranial motor/sensory evoked potential monitoring in the clipping of intracranial aneurysms: evaluation of false-positive and false-negative cases. J Neurosurg 2018; 130:936-948. [PMID: 29570008 DOI: 10.3171/2017.8.jns17791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Somatosensory and motor evoked potentials (SEPs and MEPs) are often used to prevent ischemic complications during aneurysm surgeries. However, surgeons often encounter cases with suspicious false-positive and false-negative results from intraoperative evoked potential (EP) monitoring, but the incidence and possible causes for these results are not well established. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and reliability of EP monitoring in the microsurgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms by evaluating false-positive and false-negative cases. METHODS From January 2012 to April 2016, 1514 patients underwent surgery for unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) with EP monitoring at the authors' institution. An EP amplitude decrease of 50% or greater compared with the baseline amplitude was defined as a significant EP change. Correlations between immediate postoperative motor weakness and EP monitoring results were retrospectively reviewed. The authors calculated the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of intraoperative MEP monitoring, as well as the incidence of false-positive and false-negative results. RESULTS Eighteen (1.19%) of the 1514 patients had a symptomatic infarction, and 4 (0.26%) had a symptomatic hemorrhage. A total of 15 patients showed motor weakness, with the weakness detected on the immediate postoperative motor function test in 10 of these cases. Fifteen false-positive cases (0.99%) and 8 false-negative cases (0.53%) were reported. Therefore, MEP during UIA surgery resulted in a sensitivity of 0.10, specificity of 0.94, positive predictive value of 0.01, and negative predictive value of 0.99. CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative EP monitoring has high specificity and negative predictive value. Both false-positive and false-negative findings were present. However, it is likely that a more meticulously designed protocol will make EP monitoring a better surrogate indicator of possible ischemic neurological deficits.
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- 3Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Grossauer S, Koeck K, Kraschl J, Olipitz O, Hausegger KA, Vince GH. Detection of Cerebral Vasospasm Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Using Motor Evoked Potentials. Neurosurgery 2016; 78:265-73. [PMID: 26421589 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Early detection of vasospasm (VS) following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is vital to trigger therapy and to prevent infarction and subsequent permanent neurological deficit. Although motor evoked potentials (MEPs) are a well-established method for intraoperative detection of cerebral VS and cerebral ischemia during aneurysm surgery, there are no studies investigating the diagnostic value of MEPs for detecting delayed VS following aSAH in an intensive care unit. OBJECTIVE A prospective study was conceived to assess the diagnostic accuracy of MEPs in comparison with digital subtraction angiography. METHODS MEP threshold changes were determined in patients both with and without angiographic VS following high-grade aSAHs. Sensitivity, specificity, and the positive and negative predictive values of significant MEP threshold increases, which indicate angiographic VS, were calculated. RESULTS In all patients experiencing VS of the arteries supplying cerebral motor areas, a minimal MEP threshold increase of 50 mA (mean 66.25 mA) was observed, whereas a maximum MEP threshold increase of 30 mA was observed in patients without VS. Therefore, an increase from a baseline of ≥50 mA was considered significant and resulted in a sensitivity of 0.83, a specificity of 0.92, a positive predictive value of 0.83, and a negative predictive value of 0.92. CONCLUSION VS following aSAH can be detected accurately by using MEPs. MEPs are a feasible bedside tool for online VS detection in an intensive care unit and, therefore, may complement existing diagnostic tools.
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- Stefan Grossauer
- ‡Department of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria; §Institute of Human Biology, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Graz, Austria; ¶Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, General Hospital of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
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Hemmer LB, Zeeni C, Bebawy JF, Bendok BR, Cotton MA, Shah NB, Gupta DK, Koht A. The Incidence of Unacceptable Movement with Motor Evoked Potentials During Craniotomy for Aneurysm Clipping. World Neurosurg 2014; 81:99-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Revised: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acioly MA, Liebsch M, de Aguiar PHP, Tatagiba M. Facial Nerve Monitoring During Cerebellopontine Angle and Skull Base Tumor Surgery: A Systematic Review from Description to Current Success on Function Prediction. World Neurosurg 2013; 80:e271-300. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Verst SM, Sucena AC, Maldaun MVC, Aguiar PHP. Effectiveness of C5 or C6-Cz assembly in predicting immediate post operative facial nerve deficit. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2013; 155:1863-9. [PMID: 23864399 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-013-1806-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring (IOM) is a valuable tool in cerebellopontine angle (CPA) surgeries posing risk to the cranial nerves. Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) for cranial nerves has been performed in the last 7 years, for obtaining the facial nerve motor evoked potential (MEP), using either C3/C4-Cz or C3-C4 (or inverse) stimulating points, which have been correlated with facial nerve functional outcome. METHOD Intraoperative surgical and electrophysiological findings were documented prospectively. Patient files were reviewed for clinical data. We studied 23 patients undergoing CPA tumor resection using C5 or C6-Cz montage for TES, and were able to determine the correlation between facial nerve functional outcome and the amplitude drop of facial MEP above 50 %. Patients were evaluated for immediate facial nerve outcome and 6 months after the surgery. Follow-up was performed by structured telephone interviews with local physicians. RESULTS The sensibility of the studied parameters was 92.8 % for amplitude drop of facial nerve MEP, with positive predictive value of 81.2 %. The absence of changes during IOM has shown a negative predictive value of 100 %. CONCLUSION In this series, the used montage was effective in predicting new facial deficit.
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- Silvia Mazzali Verst
- Post-Graduation Department, São Paulo Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil,
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Formaggio E, Storti SF, Tramontano V, Casarin A, Bertoldo A, Fiaschi A, Talacchi A, Sala F, Toffolo GM, Manganotti P. Frequency and time-frequency analysis of intraoperative ECoG during awake brain stimulation. FRONTIERS IN NEUROENGINEERING 2013; 6:1. [PMID: 23443302 PMCID: PMC3580919 DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2013.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Electrocortical stimulation remains the standard for functional brain mapping of eloquent areas to prevent postoperative functional deficits. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the short-train technique (monopolar stimulation) and Penfield's technique (bipolar stimulation) would induce different effects on brain oscillatory activity in awake patients, as quantified by electrocorticography (ECoG). The study population was seven patients undergoing brain tumor surgery. Intraoperative bipolar and monopolar electrical stimulation for cortical mapping was performed during awake surgery. ECoG was recorded using 1 × 8 electrode strip. Spectral estimation was calculated using a parametric approach based on an autoregressive model. Wavelet-based time-frequency analysis was then applied to evaluate the temporal evolution of brain oscillatory activity. Both monopolar and bipolar stimulation produced an increment in delta and a decrease in beta powers for the motor and the sensory channels. These phenomena lasted about 4 s. Comparison between monopolar and bipolar stimulation showed no significant difference in brain activity. Given the importance of quantitative signal analysis for evaluating response accuracy, ECoG recording during electrical stimulation is necessary to characterize the dynamic processes underlying changes in cortical responses in vivo. This study is a preliminary approach to the quantitative analysis of post-stimulation ECoG signals.
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- Emanuela Formaggio
- Department of Neurophysiology, Foundation IRCCS San Camillo Hospital Venezia, Italy
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Yamamoto N, Kobashi H, Shiba M, Itoh T. Efficacy and limitations of intraoperative spinal cord monitoring using nasopharyngeal tube electrodes. J Neurosurg Spine 2010; 13:200-10. [DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.spine08298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Motor evoked potentials are widely used for intraoperative spinal cord monitoring. However, there are problems with anesthetic constraints and high trial-by-trial variability of compound muscle action potential amplitude in muscle motor evoked potential monitoring. It is difficult to determine when to warn the surgeon of an occurrence of spinal cord risk. A method of estimation for motor function in the spinal cord has not been established. To monitor spinal cord function with reliable evoked potentials, including the upper cervical spinal cord and the ventral spinal cord, the authors developed a nasopharyngeal tube electrode that can be placed in front of the upper and ventral cervical spinal cord. The purpose of this study was to investigate the origins and pathways of descending or ascending spinal cord evoked potentials (SCEPs) elicited with this electrode, and the usefulness and limitations of this method.
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A nasopharyngeal tube electrode was inserted into the nostril. A catheter electrode was placed in the epidural or subarachnoid space at the thoracic spine. Ventral SCEP was recorded from the thoracic spinal cord after transpharyngeal stimulation, and dorsal SCEP was recorded with the nasopharyngeal electrode after thoracic spinal cord stimulation. There was no restriction of anesthetic technique in recording. When the amplitude of either of the SCEPs declined to 80% of the baseline, a warning was provided to the surgeon during the observed operative procedure. At the end of surgery, less than 50% or more than 30% of the baseline amplitude was considered a significant change in both SCEPs. The sensitivity and specificity for both SCEPs to detect neurological deterioration were calculated.
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The electrode provided noninvasive access to the ventral cervicomedullary junction. The SCEPs showed stable responses. A response change was only observed in situations involving a risky procedure for the spinal cord. Ventral SCEPs showed high sensitivity (73.1%) for identifying patients with new neurological deficits or an exacerbation of preexisting neurological deficits after surgery, but dorsal SCEPs showed lower sensitivity (46.1%) in the total number of cases. Both SCEPs showed high specificities. The sensitivities of ventral SCEP, dorsal SCEP, and either SCEP were 100.0%, 50.0%, and 100.0% for the upper cervical spinal cord, 33.3%, 0%, and 55.6% for the lower cervical spinal cord, and 77.8%, 64.7%, and 88.2% for the thoracic spinal cord.
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Combined recording of both SCEPs estimated the ventral and dorsal white matter function in the spinal cord. Measuring the SCEPs with the nasopharyngeal electrode can be another useful approach for upper cervical and thoracic spinal cord monitoring. Ventral SCEP was more reliable for monitoring postoperative spinal cord function than dorsal SCEP. Ventral SCEP does not estimate the gray matter and spinal root functions in the lower cervical spinal cord.
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Multimodality monitoring of the central nervous system using motor-evoked potentials. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2008; 21:560-4. [DOI: 10.1097/aco.0b013e32830f1fbd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Intraoperative facial motor evoked potentials monitoring with transcranial electrical stimulation for preservation of facial nerve function in patients with large acoustic neuroma. Chin Med J (Engl) 2007. [DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200702020-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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