Anesthesia During Neurophysiologic Monitoring in Scoliosis Patients
Anesthesia During Neurophysiologic Monitoring in Scoliosis Patients
When patients have spinal surgery, electrodes are placed on the body to measure motor evoked
 potentials (MEP) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP). Many hospitals only use IV
 anesthesia because they feel that measuring MEP and SSEP is easier using IV anesthesia. At
 this hospital the investigators typically use inhaled anesthesia and are able to successfully
 measure MEP and SSEP. This is a study to find out if one method of anesthesia is better than
 the other for measuring MEP and SSEP.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients with idiopathic scoliosis.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients with neuromuscular scoliosis.