Long-term facial nerve clinical evaluation following vestibular schwannoma surgery Avaliação clínica tardia do nervo facial no pós-operatório de schwannoma vestibular

Long-term facial nerve clinical evaluation following vestibular schwannoma surgery Avaliação clínica tardia do nervo facial no pós-operatório de schwannoma vestibular

BACKGROUND: Facial function is important in accompaniment of patients operated on vestibular schwannoma (VS). OBJETIVE: To evaluate long term facial nerve function in patients undergoing VS resection and to correlate tumor size and facial function in a long-term follow-up. METHOD: Transversal study...

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Main Authors: Rafaela Julia Batista Veronezi, Yvens Barbosa Fernandes, Guilherme Borges, Ricardo Ramina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2008-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
schwannoma vestibular
função facial
via retrosigmóide
vestibular schwannoma
facial nerve function
retrosigmoid approach
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