Hearing preservation and facial nerve function in vestibular schwannoma surgery

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 252-256

  Maw, A R ^a   Coakham, H B ^b   Ayoub, O ^a   Butler, S R ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hearing preservation; Surgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACIAL NERVE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETRO SIGMOID APPROACH; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038208348     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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