Critical assessment of operative approaches for hearing preservation in small acoustic neuroma surgery: Retrosigmoid vs middle fossa approach

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 640-644

  Sameshima, Tetsuro ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^a,b   McElveen Jr , John T ^a   Friedman, Allan H ^b  

^a Carolina Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Hearing preservation; Middle fossa approach; Retrosigmoid approach

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLUM; DROWSINESS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGMOID SINUS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL LOBE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77956191066     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000374853.97891.FB     Document Type: Review

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