title: Is surgical excision of facial nerve schwannomas always indicated?
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital San Juan de Dios and the Venezuelan Foundation of Otology.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Angeli
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Brackmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies