Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma): surgical results on 240 patients operated on dorsal decubitus position
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Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma): surgical results on 240 patients operated on dorsal decubitus position.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the result of the surgical treatment of vestibular schwannoma (VS) operated in dorsal decubitus (mastoid position). METHOD 240 patients with a VS underwent a retrosigmoid craniotomy for tumor resection in dorsal decubitus (mastoid position). The function of 7th and 8th cranial nerves was monitored during surgery and the opened internal auditory canal (IAC) was reconstruc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000400011