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Neuromonitoring



Neuromonitoring (also intraoperative neurological monitoring/IONM or surgical neurophysiology or simply intraoperative monitoring/IOM) is the practice of recording nerve signals and brainwaves during surgeries to reduce the risk of significant neuronal damage. Surgical procedures that most often require neuromonitoring include but are not limited to the following: carotid endarterectomy, anterior cervical diskectomy, instrumentation for spinal instability including pedicle screws, scoliosis correction, spinal cord untethering, and treatment of cranial base tumors, posterior fossa, microvascular decompression, intracranial aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations.



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