Damned if you monitor, damned if you don’t: medical malpractice and intraoperative neuromonitoring for spinal surgery

Abstract

The use and interpretation of intraoperative neuromonitoring findings can be the basis for a medical malpractice litigation. Spine surgeons can face malpractice risks by not monitoring when required by the standard of care and by interpreting or reacting to neuromonitoring findings inappropriately.