Management of vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas): Radiological features in 202 cases - Their value for diagnosis and their predictive importance

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 469-482

  Matthies, Cordula ^a   Samii, Madjid ^a   Krebs, Susanne ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuromas; Cochlear nerve; Facial nerve; Facial nerve paresis; Internal auditory canal; Petrous bone; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; PETROUS BONE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

BRAIN; CRANIOTOMY; DEAFNESS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031018646     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199703000-00009     Document Type: Article

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