Selection of surgical approaches for small acoustic neurinomas

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-60

  Kumon, Yoshiaki ^a   Sakaki, Saburo ^a   Kohno, Kanehisa ^a   Ohta, Shinsuke ^a   Nakagawa, Koh ^a   Ohue, Shiroh ^a   Murakami, Shingo ^a   Yanagihara, Naoaki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic neurinoma; Facial nerve function; Hearing preservation; Middle cranial fossa approach; Retrosigmoid approach

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NERVE CONDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033954399     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00199-8     Document Type: Article

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