SOMATO-SENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL AS A PROGNOSTIC MARKER IN CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY.

Abstract

Objective: Methods: To study the use SSEP for predicting surgical outcome of cervical myelopathy.Goals of the study. Cervical spondylosis is a common cause of cervical myelopathy in patients over the age of 50, and its incidence increases with age. Clinical signs and radiological ndings aid in the diagnosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy. In some cases where clinical presentations are unclear, neurophysiological investigations such as somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEPs) may be useful for establishing a clinical diagnosis. However, the prognostic value of these investigations is not well-established Single center, retrospective study wherein forty nine patients (mean age of participants was 39.63 years with standard deviation ± 5.75) who had cervical spine surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy with documented preoperative time required for somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEP) were followed for 12 weeks postoperatively. We evaluated the N17 time, P19 time for right and left median nerve and P47 time of right and left tibial nerve and compared it with the MJOA score recovery rate for each period. Methods used to achieve the study goals. It was found that improvement in the SSEP during the e Result: arly decompression period and a good surgical outcome at 12 weeks postoperatively was signicant statistically. Somatosensory e Conclusion: voked potential of median nerve is useful in determining the functional abnormality of the spinal cord. Results/ndings of the study. Conclusions dra Results: Conclusions: wn from the work. Abstracts for reviews, technical notes, and historical vignettes do not need to be separated into sections. They should begin with a clear statement of the paper's purpose followed by appropriate details that support the authors' conclusion(s).