Hearing preservation in medial vestibular schwannomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-76

  Strauss, Christian ^a   Bischoff, Barbara ^b   Romstöck, Johann ^b   Rachinger, Jens ^a   Rampp, Stefan ^a   Prell, Julian ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlear nerve; Internal auditory canal; Medial vestibular schwannoma; Neurophysiological monitoring; Tumor growth pattern

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR NERVE; COHORT STUDIES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46449084985     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/7/0070     Document Type: Article

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