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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Mar 15;42(6):385–393. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001767

TABLE 3.

Neuromonitoring Information

Study Year Monitoring Modality Type of Monitoring SSEP Nerve SSEP Alert Criterion: Amplitude Decrease SSEP Alert Criterion: Latency Increase MEP Muscle Group MEP Alert Criterion: Amplitude Decrease
Bose et al14 2004 Multimodal SSEP and MEP U, Ti 30%–50% NR APB, DI, TA, AH 50%
Bouchard et al15 1996 Unimodal SSEP M, Ti NR NR NR NR
Gokaslan et al16 1997 Unimodal MEP/epidural electrode NR NR NR NR NR
Lee et al17 2006 Multimodal MEP, SSEP and EMG NR 60% NR D, Tr, ECR, DI, TA, AH 60% (10 min)
Sebastian et al18 1997 Unimodal SSEP M 50% 10% NR NR
Smith et al19 2007 Unimodal SSEP M, U, Ti, P 50% 10% NR NR
Taunt et al20 2005 Unimodal SSEP M, Ti NR NR NR NR
Xu et al21 2011 Multimodal SSEP and MEP M, U, Ti 50% 10% APB, TA, AH “Significant reduction”
Cole et al22 2014 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Khan et al23 2006 Unimodal SSEP M, U, Ti, P 50% 10% NR NR

Relevant and available monitoring characteristics of each study are present.

AH indicates abductor hallucis; APB, abductor pollicis brevis; D, deltoid; DI, 1st dorsal interosseuous; M, median; MEP, motor evoked potential; NR, not reported; P, peroneal; SSEP, somatosensory evoked potential; TA, tibialis anterior; Ti, tibial; Tr, triceps; U, ulnar.