Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervision "guideline" a trustworthy guideline? A commentary

Stanley A Skinner¹, Elif Ilgaz Aydinlar², Lawrence F Borges³, Bob S Carter⁴, Bradford L Currier⁵, Vedran Deletis⁶, Charles Dong⁷, John Paul Dormans⁸, Gea Drost⁹, Isabel Fernandez-Conejero¹⁰, E Matthew Hoffman¹¹, Robert N Holdefer¹², Paulo Andre Teixeira Kimaid¹³, Antoun Koht¹⁴, Karl F Kothbauer¹⁵, David B MacDonald¹⁶, John J McAuliffe 3rd¹⁷, David E Morledge¹⁸, Susan H Morris¹⁹, Jonathan Norton²⁰, Klaus Novak²¹, Kyung Seok Park²², Joseph H Perra²³, Julian Prell²⁴, David M Rippe²⁵, Francesco Sala²⁶, Daniel M Schwartz²⁷, Martín J Segura²⁸, Kathleen Seidel²⁹, Christoph Seubert³⁰, Mirela V Simon³¹, Francisco Soto³², Jeffrey A Strommen^{33

25}, Andrea Szelenyi³⁴, Armando Tello³⁵, Sedat Ulkatan³⁶, Javier Urriza³⁷, Marshall Wilkinson³⁸

Affiliations

¹ Intraoperative Neurophysiology Department, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Stanley.Skinner@allina.com.
² Acibadem University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁶ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁸ Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurosurgery/Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
¹⁰ Department of Intraoperative Neurophysiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
¹² Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹³ Department of Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁴ Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹⁵ Division of Neurosurgery, Luzerner Kantonsspital, University of Basel, 6000, Lucerne, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Department of Neurosciences, Section of Neurophysiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, MBC 76, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁷ Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹⁸ Neurostatus, Eagle, ID, USA.
¹⁹ IWK Children's Health Program & Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
²⁰ Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
²¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
²² Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
²³ Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
²⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Halle (Saale), Germany.
²⁵ Neurophysiology Department, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
²⁶ Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
²⁷ Surgical Monitoring Associates, Springfield, PA, USA.
²⁸ Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Hospital Garrahan, University of Buenos Aires Medical School, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
²⁹ Intraoperative Neurophysiology and Neuro-oncological Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
³⁰ Division of Neuroanesthesia, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
³¹ Intraoperative Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³² Neurology Department, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
³³ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³⁴ Clinical and Intraoperative Neurophysiology, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet Muenchen (LMU), Munich, Germany.
³⁵ Clinical Neurophysiology Department, Hospital Español, Mexico City, Mexico.
³⁶ Intraoperative Monitoring Service, Mount Sinai West Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
³⁷ Intraoperative Neurophysiology Unit, Clinical Neurophysiology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra - B, Pamplona-Iruña, Navarra, Spain.
³⁸ Section of Neurosurgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

PMID: 30612285
PMCID: PMC6420437
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-018-00242-3

Comment

Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervision "guideline" a trustworthy guideline? A commentary

Stanley A Skinner et al. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;33(2):185-190.

doi: 10.1007/s10877-018-00242-3. Epub 2019 Jan 5.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Intraoperative Neurophysiology Department, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Stanley.Skinner@allina.com.
² Acibadem University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey.
³ Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁶ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁸ Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurosurgery/Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
¹⁰ Department of Intraoperative Neurophysiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
¹² Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹³ Department of Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁴ Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹⁵ Division of Neurosurgery, Luzerner Kantonsspital, University of Basel, 6000, Lucerne, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Department of Neurosciences, Section of Neurophysiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, MBC 76, PO Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁷ Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹⁸ Neurostatus, Eagle, ID, USA.
¹⁹ IWK Children's Health Program & Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
²⁰ Department of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
²¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
²² Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
²³ Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
²⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Halle (Saale), Germany.
²⁵ Neurophysiology Department, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
²⁶ Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University Hospital, Verona, Italy.
²⁷ Surgical Monitoring Associates, Springfield, PA, USA.
²⁸ Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Hospital Garrahan, University of Buenos Aires Medical School, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
²⁹ Intraoperative Neurophysiology and Neuro-oncological Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
³⁰ Division of Neuroanesthesia, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
³¹ Intraoperative Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³² Neurology Department, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
³³ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³⁴ Clinical and Intraoperative Neurophysiology, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital of University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet Muenchen (LMU), Munich, Germany.
³⁵ Clinical Neurophysiology Department, Hospital Español, Mexico City, Mexico.
³⁶ Intraoperative Monitoring Service, Mount Sinai West Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
³⁷ Intraoperative Neurophysiology Unit, Clinical Neurophysiology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra - B, Pamplona-Iruña, Navarra, Spain.
³⁸ Section of Neurosurgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

PMID: 30612285
PMCID: PMC6420437
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-018-00242-3

Erratum in

Correction to: Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervision "guideline" a trustworthy guideline? A commentary.
Skinner SA, Aydinlar EI, Borges LF, Carter BS, Currier BL, Deletis V, Dong C, Dormans JP, Drost G, Fernandez-Conejero I, Hoffman EM, Holdefer RN, Kimaid PAT, Koht A, Kothbauer KF, MacDonald DB, McAuliffe JJ 3rd, Morledge DE, Morris SH, Norton J, Novak K, Park KS, Perra JH, Prell J, Rippe DM, Sala F, Schwartz DM, Segura MJ, Seidel K, Seubert C, Simon MV, Soto F, Strommen JA, Szelenyi A, Tello A, Ulkatan S, Urriza J, Wilkinson M. Skinner SA, et al. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Apr;33(2):191-192. doi: 10.1007/s10877-019-00266-3. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019. PMID: 30778916 Free PMC article.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Skinner receives a patent royalty from Medtronic, Inc. No pertinent conflicts of interest are reported.

Comment in

Response to: Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervision "guideline" a trustworthy guideline? A commentary.
Gertsch JH, Moreira JJ, Lee GR, Hastings JD, Ritzl E, Eccher MA, Shils JL, Balzer GK, Balzer JR, Boucharel W, Guo L, Hanson LL, Hemmer LB, Jahangiri FR, Mendez Vigil JA, Vogel RW, Wierzbowski LR, Wilent WB, Zuccaro JS, Yingling CD. Gertsch JH, et al. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Apr;33(2):193-194. doi: 10.1007/s10877-019-00288-x. Epub 2019 Feb 26. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019. PMID: 30806935 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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Practice guidelines for the supervising professional: intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.
Gertsch JH, Moreira JJ, Lee GR, Hastings JD, Ritzl E, Eccher MA, Cohen BA, Shils JL, McCaffrey MT, Balzer GK, Balzer JR, Boucharel W, Guo L, Hanson LL, Hemmer LB, Jahangiri FR, Mendez Vigil JA, Vogel RW, Wierzbowski LR, Wilent WB, Zuccaro JS, Yingling CD; membership of the ASNM. Gertsch JH, et al. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019 Apr;33(2):175-183. doi: 10.1007/s10877-018-0201-9. Epub 2018 Oct 30. J Clin Monit Comput. 2019. PMID: 30374759 Free PMC article.

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