The history of middle cranial fossa approach to the cerebellopontine angle

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 691-696

  Monfared, Ashkan ^a   Mudry, Albert ^b   Jackler, Robert ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HNT and HNS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; History of middle fossa approach; Middle cranial fossa; Vestibular schwannoma; William House

Indexed keywords

EAR SURGERY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PONS ANGLE; REVIEW;

CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77953075217     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181c0e98e     Document Type: Review

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