Removal of vestibular schwannoma and facial nerve preservation using small suboccipital retrosigmoid craniotomy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-280

  Chen, Ling ^a   Chen, Li Hua ^a   Ling, Feng ^a   Liu, Yun Sheng ^b   Samii, Madjid ^c   Samii, Amir ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Internal auditory meatus; Monitoring; Retrosigmoid transmeatal approach; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIOTOMY; DRILL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SUBOCCIPITAL RETROSIGMOID CRANIOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 76649083282     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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