Patient Information

About IONM 

Patient Resources

• IONM General Information (Wikipedia Page)
  
• American Society of Electroencephalographic Technicians (ASET)
• The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS)

Informational Videos

• What is IONM?
• Benefits of IONM
• History of IONM
• How IONM Works?

Additional Information:

General IONM

• https://www.aanem.org/Patients
• https://www.aset.org/files/public/IONM_National_Competency_Skill_Standards_Approved_2011.pdf
• https://spinalnewsinternational.com/the-relevance-of-intraoperative-neuromonitoring-for-spine-surgery/

Lumbar Surgery

• https://www.spine-health.com/conditions/herniated-disc/lumbar-herniated-disc
• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery/lumbar-spine-surgery
• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery/lumbar-decompression-back-surgery
• https://www.spine-health.com/video/lumbar-laminectomy-surgery-video
• https://www.spine-health.com/conditions/spinal-stenosis/lumbar-low-back-stenosis-surgery
• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/spinal-fusion/anterior-lumbar-interbody-fusion-alif-surgery
• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/spinal-fusion/posterior-lumbar-interbody-fusion-plif-surgery
• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/spinal-fusion/transforaminal-lumbar-interbody-fusion-tlif-back-surgery

•  https://www.spine-health.com/conditions/spondylolisthesis/degenerative-spondylolisthesis

Cervical Surgery

• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery/cervical-spine-surgery
• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery/deciding-surgery-cervical-degenerative-disc-disease
• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery/surgical-options-cervical-degenerative-disc-disease
• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/back-surgery/how-prepare-psychologically-back-surgery
• https://www.spineuniverse.com/treatments/surgery/cervical-spine-surgery-overview
• https://www.spine-health.com/video/anterior-cervical-discectomy-and-fusion-acdf-video

• https://www.spine-health.com/treatment/artificial-disc-replacement/cervical-artificial-disc-replacement-surgery

Craniotomy 

• https://www.asahq.org/madeforthismoment/preparing-for-surgery/procedures/brain-surgery/

Procedure Types

Neurosurgery

• Skull-based Tumor Resection
• Epilepsy Management
• Fronto-temporal Tumor Resection
• Intracranial Aneurysm Clipping
• Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation
• Microvascular Cranial Nerve Decompression
• Peripheral Nerve
• Posterior Fossa Tumor Resection
• Tempero-parietal Tumor Resection
• Supratentorial Tumor Resection
• Chiari Malformation
• Acoustic Neuroma Resection

Orthopedic Surgery

• Acetabular Fracture
• Leg-Lengthening Procedure
• External Fixation
• Total Hip Replacement, Primary Joint Replacement with Other Risk Factors, Revision, and Reconstruction

Spine Surgery

    Cervical

• Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
• Cervical Corpectomy with Fusion and Instrumentation 
• Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion
• Odontoid Fracture
• Laminoplasty

    Thoracic

• Anterior thoracic Interbody fusion and instrumentation 
• Thoracic corpectomy with fusion and instrumentation 
• Thoracic osteotomy
• Thoracic laminectomy with or without fusion and instrumentation 
• Spinal deformity correction 
• Spinal cord tumor or AVM

    Lumbar

• Anterior lumbar Interbody Fusion or Disk replacement
• Lumbar corpectomy with fusion and instrumentation 
• Posterior Interbody Fusion – PLIF, TLIF
• Posterior Lateral Fusion – Pedicle Screws
• Lumbar laminectomy with fusion and instrumentation 
• Spinal cord tumor or AVM 
• Lateral (transpsoas) Interbody fusion – XLIF, DLIF, LLIF, etc.
• All minimally invasive procedures

    Sacral

• Excision of tumor 
• Myelomeningocele 
• Release of tethered cord

Otolaryngology Surgery (ENT)

• Acoustic Neuroma Resection
• Facial Nerve Decompression
• Glomus Tumor
• Parotidectomy
• Revision Mastoidectomy
• Thyroidectomy
• Tympano-Mastoidectomy

Interventional Radiology

• Embolization of Cerebral and Spinal Aneurysms and Arteriovenous Malformations
• Embolization of Traumatic Cavernous Sinus Fistula
• Occlusion of Brain-Supplying Arteries
• Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
• Spinal Angiography

Cardiothoracic/Vascular Surgery

• Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Hypothermia
• Correction of Coarctation
• Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Carotid Endarterectomy