title: [Somatosensory evoked potentials before and after stereotaxic operations in patients with childhood cerebral palsy].
abstract: The somatosensory function in patients with the hyperkinetic form of infantile cerebral paralysis (ICP) was evaluated by means of short-latent somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) in the preoperative period and after stereotaxic operations on the thalamic nuclei and structures of the subthalamic region; the evaluation was conducted by comparison with the dynamics of the main manifestations of the disease. The SSEP characteristics in patients in the preoperative period bear evidence of bilateral disorders in the somatosensory system. Stereotaxic operations, leading to certain normalization of the muscular tone and inhibition of hyperkinesis, do not cause positive changes of the SSEP characteristics. The peculiarities of the SSEP characteristics in the preoperative period in patients with ICP may serve as a definite prognostic sign of the efficacy of stereotaxic operations in these patients.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomas
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Shabalov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Somatosensornye vyzvannye potentsialy do i posle stereotaksicheskikh operatisiĭ u bol'nykh s detskim tserebral'nym paralichom.