Gamma surgery for vestibular schwannoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 745-759

  Prasad, Dheerendra ^a,b   Steiner, Melita ^a   Steiner, Ladislau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Primary Care Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Gamma knife; Hearing; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEURINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0034054241     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.5.0745     Document Type: Article

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