Prognostic significance of preoperative electrophysiologic investigation for facial nerve outcome in acoustic neuroma surgery

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1868-1871

  Wedekind, Christoph ^a   Vahl, Joachim ^a   Ernestus, Ralf Ingo ^a   Klug, Norfrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Blink reflex; Facial F wave; Magnetic stimulation; Postoperative facial function

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033658947     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200012)23:12<1868::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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