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- Title
Use of NEedle Versus suRFACE Recording Electrodes for Detection of Intraoperative Motor Warnings: A Non-Inferiority Trial. The NERFACE Study Part II.
- Authors
Dulfer, Sebastiaan E.; Gadella, Maria C.; Tamási, Katalin; Absalom, Anthony R.; Lange, Fiete; Scholtens-Henzen, Carola H. M.; Faber, Christopher; Wapstra, Frits H.; Groen, Rob J. M.; Sahinovic, Marko M.; Ulkatan, Sedat; Drost, Gea
- Abstract
In the NERFACE study part I, the characteristics of muscle transcranial electrical stimulation motor evoked potentials (mTc-MEPs) recorded from the tibialis anterior (TA) muscles with surface and subcutaneous needle electrodes were compared. The aim of this study (NERFACE part II) was to investigate whether the use of surface electrodes was non-inferior to the use of subcutaneous needle electrodes in detecting mTc-MEP warnings during spinal cord monitoring. mTc-MEPs were simultaneously recorded from TA muscles with surface and subcutaneous needle electrodes. Monitoring outcomes (no warning, reversible warning, irreversible warning, complete loss of mTc-MEP amplitude) and neurological outcomes (no, transient, or permanent new motor deficits) were collected. The non-inferiority margin was 5%. In total, 210 (86.8%) out of 242 consecutive patients were included. There was a perfect agreement between both recording electrode types for the detection of mTc-MEP warnings. For both electrode types, the proportion of patients with a warning was 0.12 (25/210) (difference, 0.0% (one-sided 95% CI, 0.014)), indicating non-inferiority of the surface electrode. Moreover, reversible warnings for both electrode types were never followed by permanent new motor deficits, whereas among the 10 patients with irreversible warnings or complete loss of amplitude, more than half developed transient or permanent new motor deficits. In conclusion, the use of surface electrodes was non-inferior to the use of subcutaneous needle electrodes for the detection of mTc-MEP warnings recorded over the TA muscles.
- Subjects
ELECTRIC stimulation; EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology); ELECTRODES; TIBIALIS anterior; SPINAL cord
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 5, p1753
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm12051753