Researchers recorded the outcomes of 18,862 patients who underwent spine surgery with tceMEP monitoring. The patients were reviewed for RTES-related complications.
The review only identified 26 (0.14 percent) cases with RTES-related complications. Twenty-five of these cases were tongue lacerations, most of which were self-limiting.
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