Is the entire fundus of the internal auditory canal visible during the middle fossa approach for acoustic neuroma?

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 382-388

  Driscoll, Colin L W ^a,b   Jackler, Robert K ^a   Pitts, Lawrence H ^a   Banthia, Vishal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Internal auditory canal fundus; Middle fossa approach

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPE; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0034075989     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0709(00)80048-4     Document Type: Article

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