EEG Surgical Services

Facial Nerve Monitor: To preserve integrity of the facial nerve

• Parotidectomy
• Tympanomastoidectomy
• Any lesions in or around facial nerve (the master nerve of the face that allows the muscles of facial expression to work).

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EEG Monitor

• Allows mapping of the brain during brain surgery being performed to remove a tumor. It allows presentation of critical brain areas.
• Aneurysms to monitor for burst/suppression pattern to provide optimal level of sedation/anesthesia to brain.

AEP/BAER (Auditory Evoked Potential): To monitor auditory nerve during posterior fossa tumor surgery.

SSEP Monitor (Somato-sensory Evoked Potentials)
To monitor sensory nerve pathways during spinal surgeries (cervical spine to lumbar spine) for tumor removal.

• Pedicle screw placement for fixation of spinal fractures
• Removal of complex herniated discs