Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring with Hoffmann reflex during thoracic spine surgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Anteneh M Feyissa, Sudhakar Tummala

Abstract

The aim of this study was examine the role of Hoffmann reflex (H-reflex) monitoring in identifying intraoperative spinal cord injury and predicting postoperative neurological outcome in patients undergoing thoracic spine surgery. Despite the physiologic basis for the use of H-reflex to monitor spinal motor pathways, there are only a few reports highlighting its application as an intraoperative neuromonitoring tool. We retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of 19 consecutive patients who underwent thoracic spine surgery for metastatic thoracic spinal tumors between 2011 and 2013 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. H-waves and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) were simultaneously monitored in our series consisting of four female and 15 male patients aged 10-71 years. In 10 of 19 patients, bilateral H-waves and SSEP were stable throughout the monitoring. Five of 19 patients had a <50% transient reduction in H-wave amplitude that later returned to baseline. SSEP were absent from baseline throughout surgery in two of 19 patients. In our series, neither general anesthesia nor low dose muscle relaxants interfered with the H-waves. At 3 and 6 month follow-ups, none of the patients exhibited new postoperative neurolo...Continue Reading

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Mar 7, 2020·Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society·Lilia C De la Maza KrzeptowskyDavid J Anschel

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