Factors which influence the facial nerve outcome in vestibular schwannoma surgery

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 409-413

  Grey, P L ^a   Moffat, D A ^b   Palmer, C R ^b   Hardy, D G ^b   Baguley, D M ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Facial nerve monitoring; Facial nerve outcome; Retrosigmoid approach; Translabyrinthine approach; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0029914719     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1996.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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