There are many things we find important to the world of healthcare and neuromonitoring. Here we post helpful information for our patients, hospitals, and surgeons.
August 27, 2020
Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM) is routinely utilized to detect and prevent injuries to the nervous system during surgeries. IONM can be used to map and monitor cranial nerves that may be...
By Admin on August 11, 2020
There's no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of our daily lives, from working to seeing others and buying groceries. One other consequence of COVID-19 is how and how much we sit, which has had significant impacts on lower back health.
By Admin on August 11, 2020
Living with pain and stiffness in the lower back and shrugging it off as a result of sitting too long, poor posture, or an uncomfortable chair? While these things can certainly contribute to lower back pain, stiffness, and also affect your mobility, there may be something more serious happening: lumbar spondylosis.
By Admin on July 30, 2020
Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM) is not used routinely during tibial and fibular osteotomy procedures. Pediatric patients who present with Tibia Vara (Blount's disease), juvenile osteochondrosis, and Genu Valgum (Knock-Knees), etc. are surgically treated with tibial and fibular osteotomy. These patients have a high risk of...
By Admin on June 03, 2020
This case report illustrates the benefit of utilizing Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM)
during the peripheral nerve surgeries involving the hand.
By Admin on May 11, 2020
Would you be surprised to learn that the leading cause of activity limitation and absence from work around the world is lower back pain?
This fact may not be too surprising if you're one of the millions of people across the globe who experience lower back pain regularly.
By Admin on May 04, 2020
A vast majority of these individuals have injured their back at the workplace, but not from heavy lifting or exerting themselves in some extreme manner. They've hurt themselves from an activity that seems relatively benign and not very active at all...
By Admin on April 30, 2020
This may sound like the beginning of a joke, but what do a professional wrestler and a 57-year-old female with a history of bilateral leg, groin and buttock pain with numbness and weakness have in common?
By Admin on April 09, 2020
Intraoperative sensory cortical mapping is a reliable and safe method for the functional localization of the central sulcus (CS). It is utilized during neurosurgical procedures performed near eloquent brain tissue.
By Admin on March 13, 2020
A T10 to L2 spinal cord tumor exploration and biopsy was performed with intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) on a 75-year-old male diagnosed with an intradural intramedullary appearing spinal cord lesion with no other lesions in the central nervous system, chest, abdomen or pelvis.