Combined transtemporal access for large (>3 cm) meningiomas of the cerebellopontine angle

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 949-952

  Leonetti, John P ^a   Anderson, Douglas E ^a   Marzo, Sam J ^a   Origitano, Thomas C ^a   Schuman, Rita ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646785718     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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