Institutional Review Board, Hospital for Special Surgery
April 24, 2015
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Michael K. Urban, MD, PhD
Sean W. Donegan
David Pinter
Cross over study of 34 patients, comparing the effects of two different intravenous anesthetic protocol, with and without dexmedetomidine, on motor and somatosensory evoked potentials.
Inclusion criteria are patients between ages 18 to 70 years undergoing multilevel posterior spine fusions requiring SSEP and MEP monitoring
Exclusion criteria are contraindications to any of the anesthetic medications included in the protocols, history of bradycardia and non-English speaking patients.
Ronald G. Emerson, MD
emersonr@hss.edu
212.774.2742