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Section on Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM) Section Co-Chairs Dr. Rich Vogel and Dr. Adam Doan discuss the question, “Are wakeups always prolonged with neuromonitoring under TIVA?”

It’s a common complaint: we use TIVA for MEPs, but the patients take forever to wake up from anesthesia. To combat this problem, many surgeons elect to discontinue IONM earlier in the procedure. Did you know IONM has the technology to guide the anesthesia team through a faster wakeup in most cases? It requires communication and collaboration, but it’s easy to do. Here we review these techniques.

Disclosures:

Doan, Adam: Private Investments (including venture capital, start-ups): Veridical RCM, LLC (D).

Vogel, Richard: Board of Directors: American Board Of Neurophysiologic Monitoring (Nonfinancial, Examiner for Board), American Society Of Neurophysiological Monitoring (Nonfinancial, President of the Society (2019-2020)); Consulting: Medicolegal Expert Witness Consulting (D); Other: NuVasive (Salary); Speaking and/or Teaching Arrangements: Neurophysiology Services Australia (None); Trips/Travel: North American Spine Society (Travel Expense Reimbursement), University Of Sydney (Travel Expense Reimbursement).

Key: A: $100-$1,000; B: $1001-$10,000; C: $10,001-$25,000; D: $25,001-$50,000; E: $50,001-$100,000; F: $100,001- $500,000; G: $500,001-$1M; H: $1,000,001- $2.5M; I: $2.5M+