Management of vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuromas): The value of neurophysiology for intraoperative monitoring of auditory function in 200 cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 459-468

  Matthies, Cordula ^a,b   Samii, Madjid ^a  

^a NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Auditory brain stem response; Auditory evoked potentials; Cochlear nerve; Evoked potentials; Hearing loss; Monitoring; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MICROSURGERY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031019256     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199703000-00007     Document Type: Article

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