METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF BRAIN STEM FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY ACCOMPANYING AXIAL DISLOCATION Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B5/484 A61B6/03 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: brain imaging is performed. The maximum range of the cerebellar tonsil penetration into the great foramen is determined in a sagittal plane. Each 3 mm of the penetration is appraised as 1 point. That is followed by measuring the brain stem auditory evoked response and assessing: unilateral latency increase - 1 point, unilateral PQ interval increase - 1 point, bilateral latency increase - 2 points, bilateral PQ interval increase - 2 points. The derived points are summed. If the total score is through 7 points, the prediction is considered to be favourable for the brain stem functional recovery, and the total score of 8 points and more shows the unfavourable prognosis.

EFFECT: method enables providing the more reliable prediction ensured by the integral assessment of the morphological and functional changes accompanying the axial dislocation of the brainstem.