Does characterization of neurophysiologic alert during anterior cervical spine surgery?
Diagnosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy or trauma and cervical corpectomy procedures increase the risk for having major intraoperative alerts. In case of persistent tceMEP/SSEP amplitude loss, consider delaying potentially harmful interventions, such as premature termination of the procedure or methylprednisolone infusion, until a new neurologic deficit is verified with an awake-clinical examination.
Results suggest that a reduction in GPC6 mRNA in retinoblastoma is associated with the non-random allelic loss at 13q31 that could contribute to RB development.