Is the middle fossa approach the treatment of choice for intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 459-466

  Colletti, Vittorio ^a,b   Fiorino, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Policlinico G Rossi   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 14744272617     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.09.027     Document Type: Article

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