[Short-latency evoked potentials in evaluation of the severity and localization of traumatic lesions of the brain].

Acoustic stem evoked potentials (ASEP) and early components of somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) were studied in 36 patients with craniocerebral trauma and compared with those of normal individuals. The results demonstrate the advantages of using SSEP for appraising the patients' condition. This is manifested by the fact that the ASEP parameters do not correlate with the clinical data on the severity of the patients' condition (Glasgow scale) and the indices of the outcome scale, while, in contrast, the SSEP parameters are in good correlation with the clinical findings.