Microvascular decompression of the cochlear nerve in patients with severe tinnitus. Preoperative findings and operative outcome in 22 patients

Neurological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 242-248

  Vasama, Juha Pekka I ^a   Moller, Margareta B ^a   Moller, Aage R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear nerve; Microvascular decompression; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031952880     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1998.11740513     Document Type: Article

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