## Abstract ## Objective: To design a treatment algorithm based on experience with facial nerve schwannomas (FNS) over a 30βyear period. ## Study Design: Retrospective chart review. ## Method: Seventyβnine patients with facial nerve schwannomas seen from 1979 through 2009 at a tertiary referra
Trends in the Management of Facial Schwannomas
β Scribed by Alejandro Rivas; Mi Jin Yoo; George Wanna; Marc Bennett; David Haynes
- Book ID
- 113835510
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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