Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring (IFNM) predicts facial nerve outcome after resection of vestibular schwannoma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Sobottka, S B ^a,b   Schackert, G ^a   May, S A ^a   Wiegleb, M ^a   Reiss G ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve outcome and functional recovery; Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031923641     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050090     Document Type: Article

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