Lesions of the internal auditory canal and cerebellopontine angle in an only hearing ear: Is surgery ever advisable?

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 573-581

  Driscoll, Colin L W ^a,c   Jackler, Robert K ^a   Pitts, Lawrence H ^a   Brackmann, Derald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Cerebellopontine angle lesion; Internal auditory canal lesion; Neurofibromatosis type 2

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOSCLEROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033945422     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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