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Nobusada Shinoura1, Akira Midorikawa2, Kentaro Hiromitsu2

  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, Komagome Metropolitan Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan.

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
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Auditory nerveAwake surgeryFacial nerveMeningiomaOlfactory nerveVestibular schwannoma

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