Microvascular decompression for tinnitus: Significant improvement for tinnitus intensity without improvement for distress. A 4-year limit

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 656-660

  De Ridder, Dirk ^a   Vanneste, Sven ^a   Adriaenssens, Ine ^a   Lee, Alison Po Kee ^a   Plazier, Mark ^a   Menovsky, Tomas ^a   Van Der Loo, Elsa ^a   Van De Heyning, Paul ^a   Møller, Aage ^b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochleovestibular compression syndrome; Microvascular compression; Microvascular decompression; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949968356     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000366110.87836.53     Document Type: Article

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