Intra-operative facial nerve monitoring. Its predictive value after skull base surgery

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 715-718

  Magliulo, Giuseppe ^a   Zardo, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Monitoring, physiological; Skull base, surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SKULL SURGERY;

EID: 0030823191     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100138447     Document Type: Article

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