title: Intraoperative monitoring of brainstem auditory evoked potentials following emergency evacuation of a cerebellar vascular malformation.
abstract: This case report highlights the use and value of monitoring the auditory brainstem response during emergency neurosurgery. The prompt on-line changes in the auditory brainstem response after evacuation of a cerebellar arteriovenous malformation provided objective evidence of improved brainstem function, which aided in the management of this patient's disorder.
authors.affiliation: Division of BioelectroDiagnosis and Neural Monitoring, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Gennarelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Fedder
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwinn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery*; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic