Surgical management of jugular foramen schwannomas with hearing and facial nerve function preservation: A series of 23 cases and review of the literature

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2191-2204

  Sanna, Mario ^a   Bacciu, Andrea ^b   Falcioni, Maurizio ^a   Taibah, Abdelkader ^a  

^a GRUPPO OTOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facial nerve preservation; Hearing preservation; Jugular foramen schwannoma; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMUS JUGULARE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; NEURILEMOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845488357     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000246193.84319.e5     Document Type: Article

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