Hearing preservation in surgery for large vestibular schwannomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 845-854

  Wanibuchi, Masahiko ^a,b,c,d   Fukushima, Takanori ^a,c   McElveen Jr , John T ^b   Friedman, Allan H ^c  

^a Carolina Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b Carolina Ear Research Institute   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Obihiro Kousei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Cerebellopontine angle; Hearing preservation; Microsurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349895794     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.12.JNS08620     Document Type: Article

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