Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery and preservation of hearing in patients with vestibular schwannoma: A preliminary report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1299-1307

  Poen, Joseph C ^a   Golby, Alexandra J ^a   Forster, Kenneth M ^a   Martin, David P ^a   Chinn, Daniel M ^a   Hancock, Steven L ^a   Adler Jr , John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Fractionation; Hearing preservation; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0032778596     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199912000-00004     Document Type: Article

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