Efficacy of facial nerve-sparing approach in patients with vestibular schwannomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 917-923

  Haque, Raqeeb ^a   Wojtasiewicz, Teresa J ^a   Gigante, Paul R ^a   Attiah, Mark A ^a   Huang, Brendan ^a   Isaacson, Steven R ^a   Sisti, Michael B ^a  

^a Neurological Institute of New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Gamma Knife surgery; Peripheral nerve; Tumor recurrence; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SPARING MICROSURGICAL RESECTION; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80655148881     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.JNS101921     Document Type: Article

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