Prediction of facial nerve outcome using electromyographic responses in acoustic neuroma surgery

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-95

  Nakao, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Piccirillo, Enrico ^c   Falcioni, Maurizio ^c   Taibah, Abdelkader ^c   Russo, Alessandra ^c   Kobayashi, Toshimitsu ^a   Sanna, Mario ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c GRUPPO OTOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Electromyography; Facial nerve; Intraoperative monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036145548     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200201000-00020     Document Type: Article

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