Intraoperative monitoring of brainstem auditory evoked potentials following emergency evacuation of a cerebellar vascular malformation.
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.
Schwartz
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Division of BioelectroDiagnosis and Neural Monitoring, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104.
Gennarelli
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TA
Young
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Fedder
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Schwinn
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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