Vestibular Neurectomy : Retrosigmoid-Intracanalicular Versus Retrolabyrinthine Approach

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-258

  McKenna, Michael J ^a,c   Nadol Jr , Joseph B ^a   Ojemann, Robert G ^b   Halpin, Chris ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal auditory canal; Retrolabyrinthine; Retrosigmoid; Vestibular neurectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COLON, SIGMOID; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0029929803     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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