Facial nerve function and hearing preservation after retrosigmoid excision of vestibular schwannoma: Christchurch hospital experience with 97 patients

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 893-896

  Darwish, Balsam S ^a   Bird, Philip A ^a   Goodisson, Derek W ^a   Bonkowski, Janusz A ^a   MacFarlane, Martin R ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic schwannoma; Facial nerve function; Hearing preservation; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR VOLUME; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING LOSS; MORTALITY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 33644830102     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03544.x     Document Type: Review

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