Fundal fluid as a predictor of hearing preservation in the middle cranial fossa approach for vestibular schwannoma

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1128-1134

  Goddard, John C ^a   Schwartz, Marc S ^a   Friedman, Rick A ^a  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fundal fluid; Hearing preservation; Middle cranial fossa approach; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; EAR SURGERY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BODY FLUIDS; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956341070     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181e8fc3f     Document Type: Article

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