Management of vestibular schwannomas in young patients - Comparison of clinical features and outcome with adult patients

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 891-895

  Mirzayan, M Javad ^a   Gerganov, Venelin M ^b   Lüdemann, Wolf ^b   Oi, Shizuo ^c   Samii, Madjid ^b   Samii, Amir ^b  

^a Medizinische Hchschule Hannover ^*  (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial nerve preservation; Hearing preservation; Retrosigmoid approach; Vestibular schwannoma; Young patients

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR NEOPLASMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 34447099475     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0308-7     Document Type: Article

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