Neurotologic skull base surgery in pediatric patients

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-236

  Cunningham III, Calhoun D ^a   Friedman, Rick A ^a,b   Brackmann, Derald E ^a   Hitselberger, William E ^a   Lin, Harrison W ^a  

^a Hse Ear Clin and Hse Ear Inst   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing preservation; Pediatric skull base surgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS;

EID: 15744383361     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200503000-00017     Document Type: Review

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