Nerve Monitoring and Your Procedure
If you’ve been told you may need surgery, you are likely considering many details.
Unfortunately, many common surgical procedures carry the risk of damage to the motor nerves.
To reduce this risk, many surgeons use nerve monitoring technology (IONM) to enhance their ability to protect the motor nerves and help improve patient outcomes.
What is Intraoperative Neuromonitoring?
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The surgical application, services, and technology are referred to by many names.
But can collectively be defined as:
Intraoperative neuromonitoring measures nerve function and safety as a well-established strategy to reduce the risk of nerve injury during surgery.