Is hearing preservation feasible with the retrosigmoid approach?;¿Es factible la preservación de la audición empleando la vía retrosigmoidea?

Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-251

  Lassaletta Atienza, L ^a   Fontes, L ^a   Melcon E ^a   Sarria M J ^a   Gavilan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Hearing preservation; Retrosigmoid approach

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEARING DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036528566     PISSN: 00016519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6519(02)78307-6     Document Type: Article

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