Team working to improve outcome in vestibular schwannoma surgery

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-127

  Sharp, M C ^a   Macfarlane, R ^a   Hardy, D G ^a   Jones, S E M ^a   Baguley, D M ^a   Moffat, D A ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Learning curve; Mentoring; Translabyrinthine approach

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 24644443325     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500145480     Document Type: Article

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