Are stage IV vestibular schwannomas preoperatively different from other stages?

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-49

  Tringali, Stéphane ^a,b   Dubreuil, Christian ^a   Zaouche, Sandra ^a   Ferber Viart, Chantal ^b,c  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Large vestibular schwannomas; Preoperative factors; Videonystamography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TINNITUS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CALORIC TESTS; EAR NEOPLASMS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 38349013927     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mao.0b013e31815c2a85     Document Type: Article

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