Quantitative parameters of intraoperative electromyography predict facial nerve outcomes for vestibular schwannoma surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1140-1148

  Goldbrunner, Roland H ^a   Schlake, Hans Peter ^a   Milewski, Christian ^a   Tonn, Joerg Christian ^a   Helms, Jan ^a   Roosen, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Cerebellopontine angle tumor; Electromyography; Facial nerve; Intraoperative monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034063096     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200005000-00023     Document Type: Article

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