An anatomic and radiologic evaluation of access to the lateral internal auditory canal via the retrosigmoid approach and description of an internal labyrinthectomy

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 697-704

  Miller, Robert Sean ^a   Pensak, Myles L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Labyrinthectomy; Retrosigmoid approach; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PETROUS BONE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CADAVER; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, INNER; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; PETROUS BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746833727     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000226297.28704.97     Document Type: Article

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