Intraoperative corticosteroids in acoustic tumor surgery

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 386-389

  Buchman, Craig A ^a   Fucci, Michael J ^b   Slattery, William H ^c   Brackmann, Derald E ^c   Berliner, Karen I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ear Nose and Throat Associates   (United States)

^c HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve outcomes; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033490293     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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