Intraoperative Monitoring of Facial and Cochlear Nerves During Acoustic Neuroma Surgery

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-315

  Yingling, Charles D ^a   Gardi, John N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Neuromonitoring Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; COCHLEAR NERVE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COCHLEAR NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 44449142400     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2008.02.011     Document Type: Review

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