Suboccipital resection of a medial acoustic neuroma with hearing preservation

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 548-553

  Snyder, William E ^a   Pritz, Michael B ^a   Smith, Richard R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Hearing preservation; Medial tumor; Sub occipital approach; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032914347     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00528-4     Document Type: Article

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