Posterior petrous face meningiomas: An algorithm for surgical management

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 942-950

  Sanna, Mario ^a   Bacciu, Andrea ^b   Pasanisi, Enrico ^b   Taibah, Abdelkader ^a   Piazza, Paolo ^b  

^a GRUPPO OTOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Meningioma; Posterior fossa; Posterior petrous face; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA APPROACH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS FACE MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLABYRINTHINE APPROACH; RETROLABYRINTHINE SUBTEMPORAL TRANSAPICAL APPROACH; RETROSIGMOID APPROACH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE; TRANSCOCHLEAR APPROACH TYPE A; TRANSLABYRINTHINE APPROACH; TRANSPETROUS MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COCHLEA; EAR, INNER; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PETROUS BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 34848876397     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31814b23f0     Document Type: Article

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