Length of tumor-cochlear nerve contact and hearing outcome after surgery for vestibular schwannoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-110

  Yong, Raymund L ^a   Westerberg, Brian D ^a   Dong, Charles ^a   Akagami, Ryojo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Auditory evoked potentials; Cochlear nerve; Hearing; Microsurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEAR NERVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149079590     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/01/0105     Document Type: Article

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