Prediction of postoperative facial nerve function in acoustic neuroma surgery

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 483-486

  Fenton, John E ^a,b   Chin, R Y K ^a   Shirazi, A ^a   Atlas, M D ^a   Fagan, P A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Clinical Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033405443     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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