Saturday, March 28, 2020

Neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring (NIOM) in pediatric patients with polyneuropathy

McKinney JL, Islam MP. Child's Nervous System : Chns : Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2020 Mar DOI: 10.1007/s00381-020-04571-0.

Neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring (NIOM) abnormalities during scoliosis surgery led to a diagnosis of Friedreich’s ataxia in this illustrative case. This prompted the retrospective examination of NIOM for pediatric scoliosis surgery in polyneuropathy patients.