Preservation of tap vestibular evoked myogenic potentials despite resection of the inferior vestibular nerve

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-351

  Brantberg, Krister ^a   Mathiesen, Tiit ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Skull tap; VEMP; Vestibular nerve; Vestibulocollic

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BONE CONDUCTION; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CASE REPORT; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; EAR NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 4344581420     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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