Bye-Bye Neuromonitoring Forum
Goodbye To The Neuromonitoring Forum One area of the website that I thought had the most potential to be an asset for the IONM community was the neuromonitoring forum. But it has been several months now and it is still a complete ghost town. I'm honestly not too...
EMG Nerve Monitoring During Minimally Invasive Fusion of the Sacroiliac Joint
Minimally Invasive Fusion of the Sacroiliac Joint Using EMG Nerve Monitoring EMG nerve monitoring in lumbar surgery makes up a large percentage of cases monitored every year. Using EMG nerve monitoring during SI joint fusions seems to be less utilized, even though the...
Get A Neuromonitoring Job Or Go To Medical School?
Surgical Neurophysiologist or Medical Doctor? There seems to be more than a handful of people that want to go to medical school but decided to get into intraoperative neuromonitoring in the meantime. Others are on the fence as to where they should take their career...
Physical Exam Scope Of Practice For The Surgical Neurophysiologist
SNP's Performing A Physical Exam: Who Should Do It And Who Shouldn't... Before any case is monitored, all pertinent patient history, signs, symptoms, physical exam findings and diagnostics should be gathered, documented and relayed to any oversight physician that may...
MEP Loss With Levetiracetam: Another Anesthetic To Consider With Motor Evoked Potentials
Levetiracetam And Its Effects On Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials During Surgery Levetiracetam (AKA Keppra) It's pretty widely accepted that inhalational agents and muscle relaxants will reduce the effectiveness of transcranial motor evoked potentials during...
The Neuromonitoring Field: Let’s Make Some Predictions
What To Expect From The Neuromonitoring Field In The Future? Anyone else want to make some predictions about the neuromonitoring field? Let's talk about what we can expect out of neuromonitoring in the near future. This line of conversation seems to come up a lot....