Functional outcome after complete surgical removal of giant vestibular schwannomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 860-867

  Samii, Madjid ^a   Gerganov, Venelin M ^a   Samii, Amir ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve; Functional outcome; Hearing; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950663522     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.JNS0989     Document Type: Article

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