Facial nerve neuroma: Surgical concept and functional results

Skull Base

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 195-200

  Minovi, Amir ^a   Vosschulte, Regina ^a   Hofmann, Erich ^a   Draf, Wolfgang ^a   Bockmühl, Ulrike ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facial nerve function; Facial nerve neuroma; Facial nerve surgery; Facial nerve tumor; Facial schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MALE; MASTOID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 14844330680     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-860948     Document Type: Review

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