Preservation of cranial nerve function after treatment of acoustic neurinomas with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy: Preliminary observations in 26 patients

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 165-182

  Andrews, David W ^a   Silverman, Craig L ^b   Glass, Jon ^b   Downes, Beverly ^a   Riley, Richard J ^c   Corn, Benjamin W ^a   Werner Wasik, Maria ^a   Curran, Walter J ^a   Mccune, Carey E ^a   Rosenwasser, Robert H ^a   Buchheit, William A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neurinoma; Radiation; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Stereotactic techniques

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PONS ANGLE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0029553775     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098746     Document Type: Article

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