Comparison of response amplitude versus stimulation threshold in predicting early postoperative facial nerve function after acoustic neuroma resection

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-117

  Mandpe, Aditi H ^a   Mikulec, Anthony ^a   Jackler, Robert K ^a,b   Pitts, Lawrence H ^a,b   Yingling, Charles D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031893517     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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