Excision of intramedullary arteriovenous malformation using intraoperative spinal cord monitoring.
We are presenting a patient whose intramedullary cervical arteriovenous malformation was successfully excised. The importance of monitoring somatosensory cortical evoked responses secondary to peripheral nerve stimulation is stressed.
D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000601:surgery*