Microvascular decompression of cochleovestibular nerve

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 861-869

  Yap, L ^a,d   Pothula, V B ^b   Lesser, T ^c  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochleovestibular neurovascular compression; Eighth cranial nerve; Microvascular decompression; Tinnitus; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; TINNITUS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 45849117605     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0647-3     Document Type: Review

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