Prognostic significance of intraoperative facial nerve stimulus thresholds

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 494-497

  Zeitouni, Anthony G ^a,b   Hammerschlag, Paul E ^a   Cohen, Noel L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Intraoperative stimulus thresholds; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030747502     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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