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The purpose of this study was to review a single-surgeon experience with IONM in order to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of various IONM modalities routinely used in pediatric Chiari I decompression; to examine the associations between patient, clinical, and radiographic characteristics and IONM alerts; and to obtain data regarding the usefulness of these modalities during the surgical process to improve patient outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n METHODS<\/jats:title>\n A retrospective review was performed for 300 consecutive pediatric patients who underwent suboccipital craniectomy and C1 laminectomy for Chiari decompression performed by a single surgeon over a 15-year period. Clinical, radiographic, and IONM data were collected. Radiographic measurements of the skull base morphological abnormalities, including clival angle, Chamberlain\u2019s line, and Grabb-Oakes line, were compared between patients with and without true IONM signal changes.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n A total of 291 cases were included, with an age range of 6 months to 19 years. Among 291 cases, somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) were monitored in 291, motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in 209, cranial nerve spontaneous electromyography (sEMG) in 290, and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) in 110. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value, respectively, were as follows: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00, and 1.00 for SSEPs; 1.00, 0.99, 0.67, and 1.00 for MEPs; 0.00, 0.88, 0.00, and 1.00 for sEMG; and not appliable, 1.00, not applicable, and 1.00 for BAEPs. Six patients had true IONM signal changes. These patients had radiographic evidence of more severe concomitant craniocervical instability and basilar invagination, with steeper clival angles (124\u00b0 vs 146\u00b0, p = 0.02) and larger Grabb-Oakes lines (10.1 mm vs 6.7 mm, p = 0.02), when compared with the patients without any true IONM changes.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n Intraoperative neuromonitoring may be best utilized for patients who show radiographic features of abnormal skull base morphology, defined as a clival angle < 135\u00b0 or Grabb-Oakes line > 9 mm. 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