Patient, Hospital and Geographic Factors Associated With Intraoperative Neuromonitoring for Cervical Spine Surgery: A National Analysis
Although IONM use for DCM has increased over time, substantial heterogeneity persists. This variation is partly explained by measured clinical, sociodemographic, and hospital factors, but likely also reflects unmeasured differences in case mix. Future work integrating richer clinical and qualitative data is needed to clarify these drivers.
Authors
- Christopher S. Lozano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-8572)
- Richard Jackson Bransford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2293-5774)
- Husain Shakil
- Vishwathsen Karthikeyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1340-4744)
- Karlo M. Pedro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5857-0135)
- Jetan H. Badhiwala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2528-1684)
- Michael Fehlings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0384-8408)
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Toronto Western Hospital (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005575
- Primary Topic
- Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00