Impact of facial dysfunction on quality of life after vestibular schwannoma surgery

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 115, Issue 9 I, 2006, Pages 694-698

  Lassaletta, Luis ^a   Alfonso, Carolina ^a   Del Rio, Laura ^a   Roda, Jose Maria ^a   Gavilan, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Outcome; Quality of life; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW BENEFIT INVENTORY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 33749030188     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940611500908     Document Type: Review

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