Pablo Alvarez Abut

Dr. Pablo Alvarez Abut

Clínica 25 de Mayo, Mar del Plata, Argentina.

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Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 June 2021 in Cancers
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EAEvridiki Asimakidou
Evridiki Asimakidou
PAPablo Alvarez Abut
Pablo Alvarez Abut
ARAndreas Raabe
Andreas Raabe
KSKathleen Seidel
Kathleen Seidel
During intraoperative monitoring of motor evoked potentials (MEP), heterogeneity across studies in terms of study populations, intraoperative settings, applied warning criteria, and outcome reporting exists. A scoping review of MEP warning criteria in supratentorial surgery was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Sixty-eight studies fulfilled the eligibility criteria. The most commonly used alarm criteria were MEP signal loss, which was always a major warning sign, followed by amplitude reduction and threshold elevation. Irreversible MEP alterations were associated with a higher number of transient and persisting motor deficits compared with the reversible changes. In almost all studies, specificity and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) were high, while in most of them, sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) were rather low or modest. Thus, the absence of an irreversible alteration may reassure the neurosurgeon that the patient will not suffer a motor deficit in the short-term and long-term follow-up. Further, MEPs perform well as surrogate markers, and reversible MEP deteriorations after successful intervention indicate motor function preservation postoperatively. However, in future studies, a consensus regarding the definitions of MEP alteration, critical duration of alterations, and outcome reporting should be determined.

30 September 2012 in Neurología Argentina
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PAPablo Alvarez Abut
Pablo Alvarez Abut
DSDiana Scharovsky
Diana Scharovsky
RBRuth Brugger
Ruth Brugger
MAMiguel Ayala
Miguel Ayala
AAAlberto Aleman
Alberto Aleman
MLManuel Facundo Latini
Manuel Facundo Latini