Management of 1000 vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas): Hearing function in 1000 tumor resections

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 248-262

  Samii, Madjid ^a   Matthies, Cordula ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Auditory evoked potentials; Cochlear nerve; Hearing loss; Tinnitus; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CANCER SURGERY; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TINNITUS; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CENTRAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031013439     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199702000-00005     Document Type: Article

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