Management of intrameatal vestibular schwannoma. Microsurgery, radiosurgery or 'wait and scan'

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 796-800

  Charabi, Samih ^a   Thomsen, Jens ^a   Tos, Mirko ^a   Mantoni, Margit ^a   Charabi, Birgitte ^a   Juhler, Marianne ^b   Boørgesen, Svend Erik ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Expectancy; Radiosurgery; Surgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033389464     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489950180441     Document Type: Article

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