What Is Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring?

Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring is used during complex surgeries, such as surgery on the brain or spinal cord. This monitoring is performed to provide your surgeon with feedback during your surgery on the function of your nervous system. There is an assortment of monitoring tools and techniques that may be used by your surgeon in different combinations in order to provide the surgeon useful information regarding your condition as your surgery progresses.

Our surgical neurophysiologist will be in the Operating Room participating in your surgery. Prior to surgery, our surgical neurophysiologist will attach a series of electrodes at different points along your nerve pathways to monitor your nervous system. The location of the electrodes will depend on the type of surgery being performed and on your condition.

The information regarding the function of your nervous system will also be monitored remotely by one of Sentient’s Consulting Neurologists.  This is accomplished using sophisticated telemedicine technology that is detailed, highly reliable, and secure. Sentient’s surgical neurophysiologist and consulting neurologist will confer with one another regarding any changes in your condition and will communicate that information to your surgeon.

Sentient is one of the nation’s largest providers of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring. Sentient’s staff is made up of extensively trained surgical neurophysiologist with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a health science related field and consulting neurologists who are Board Certified or Board Eligible Medical Doctors.

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