Archive · 18 Nov 2025
Dr. Mohana Rao Presents India's Largest IONM Study at SIONCON 2025
A doctor named Dr. Mohana Rao shared a big study about how monitoring the brain and nerves during surgery can help keep people safe.
He showed that this monitoring can help prevent problems and help people recover faster, especially kids and those who are awake during surgery.
He wants other hospitals in India to use this method too.
Dr. Mohana Rao Patibandla presented a study of 1008 neurosurgical cases at SIONCON 2025
The study suggests structured, multimodal intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) can reduce neurological complications
The study recorded high accuracy and lower complication rates in neurosurgical procedures
Pediatric and awake brain surgeries showed better outcomes with IONM
Dr. Rao called for wider adoption of IONM in Indian hospitals
- Who
- Dr. Mohana Rao Patibandla, Chief Neurosurgeon and CMD of Dr. Rao’s Hospital, Guntur
- What
- Presented a study on intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in neurosurgical procedures
- When
- November 18, 2025
- Where
- SIONCON 2025, NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru
- Why
- To demonstrate the benefits of structured, multimodal IONM in reducing neurological complications
Pro-IONM
Cautious about IONM
IONM's Role
Pro-IONM
IONM is central to real-time decision-making during surgery and reduces neurological complications
Cautious about IONM
While IONM has benefits, its role should be carefully evaluated for each case to avoid unnecessary costs and complexity
- Study Duration
- 5 years
- Total Cases
- 1008
- Sensitivity
- 85.7%
- Specificity
- 98.8%
- Permanent Signal Loss
- 0.7%
- Functional Independence
- 91.6% at 3 months