The use of neurophysiology has been widely accepted as standard of care and a prerequisite in order to safely proceed with complex spinal surgery. This increases the safety against the existing risk of neurological damage that can occur when spinal deformity correction or major neurosurgical treatment is performed. The techniques of intraoperative neuromonitoring have progressed significantly with the use of multimodal somatosensory and motor recordings increasing the reliability and efficacy in detecting neural events. The ability of the surgical, neurophysiology and anaesthetic teams to work in good coordination and with a clear treatment plan reduces considerably the frequency of false monitoring events, as well as the incidence of major neurological complications. The role of neurophysiology extends to include preoperative diagnostic testing that can facilitate detection of neural abnormalities that would affect spinal surgery. In addition, postoperative neurophysiology can be extremely useful when the patient sustained a neurological deficit and close monitoring of the functional recovery is required. This can also assist making the decision regarding the timing to return to surgery if the index procedure had to be abandoned due to an irreversible intraoperative neuromonitoring event. This review explores the use of neurophysiology and its available modalities in complex spinal surgery.
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