Preservation of hearing in acoustic neuromas treated by Gamma Knife surgery

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 74-79

  Thomassin, J M ^a   Epron, J P ^a   Regis J ^a   Delsanti, C ^a   Sarabian, A ^a   Peragut, J C ^a   Pellet, W ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic schwannoma; Gamma Knife; Gardner and Robertson score; Hearing; Microsurgery; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannomas

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AUDIOMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GAMMA RADIATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURILEMOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AUDIOMETRY; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HEARING; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOSURGERY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031752860     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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