Management of 1000 vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas): The facial nerve - Preservation and restitution of function

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 684-695

  Samii, Madjid ^a   Matthies, Cordula ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve; Facial nerve monitoring; Facial nerve reconstruction; Suboccipital approach; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROSURGERY; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030997193     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199704000-00006     Document Type: Article

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