TABLE 3.
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 |
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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.