Train time as a quantitative electromyographic parameter for facial nerve function in patients undergoing surgery for vestibular schwannoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 826-832

  Prell, Julian ^a   Rampp, Stefan ^a   Romstöck, Johann ^b   Fahlbusch, Rudolf ^c   Strauss, Christian ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

A train; Electromyography; Facial nerve; Intraoperative monitoring; Train time; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34247887574     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.5.826     Document Type: Article

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