Neurophysiology in Neurosurgery

Vedran Deletis, MD, PhD is the former Director of the Intraoperative Neurophysiology Department in St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital and an Associate Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Dr. Deletis is the founder of the International Society for Intraoperative Neurophysiology (ISIN) and served as its first president. Afar he completed his doctoral thesis in Clinical Neurophysiology and for the last 25 years he has dedicated his career to the field of Intraoperative Neurophysiology (ION). He established a fellowship program for ION in New York in which so far 20 fellows have participated, and have successfully implemented their acquired knowledge and experience in their respective countries. He has published numerous papers in the basic field of ION, especially on ION of the motor system.

PART ONE: Motor Evoked Potentials/Neurophysiological Base (Background) Animal and Human Motor System Neurophysiology Related to Intraoperative Monitoring Intraoperative Neurophysiology and Methodologies Used to Monitor the Functional Integrity of the Motor System PART TWO: Intraoperative Neurophysiology of the Spinal Cord (Spinal Cord Monitoring) Spinal Cord Surgery Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring for Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor Surgery Selective Spinal Cord Lesioning Procedures for Spasticity and Pain Neurophysiological Monitoring During Endovascular Procedures on the Spine and the Spinal Cord Intraoperative Neurophysiological Mapping of the Spinal Cord's Dorsal Columns PART THREE: Intraoperative Neurophysiology of Periperal Nerves, Nerve Roots and Plexuses Intraoperative Neurophysiology of the Peripheral Nervous System Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring of the Sacral Nervous System Sensory Rhizotomy for the Treatment of Childhood Spasticity Neurophysiological Monitoring During Pedicile Screw Placement PART FOUR: Intraoperative Neurophysiology of Cranial Nerves and Brainstem Surgery of Brainstem Lesions Monitoring and Mapping the Cranial Nerves and the Brainstem Brainstem Mapping PART FIVE: Intraoperative Neurophysiology of Supratentorial Procedures Intraoperative Neurophysiological Mapping and Monitoring for Supratentorial Procedures PART SIX: Intraoperative Neurophysiology During Stereotactic Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders Neurophysiological Monitoring During Neurosurgery for Movement Disorders PART SEVEN: Intraoperative Neurophysiology and Anesthesia Management Anesthesia and Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring