Radiosurgery of vestibular schwannomas: Summary of experience in 829 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 195-199

  Lunsford, L Dade ^a   Niranjan, Ajay ^b   Flickinger, John C ^b   Maitz, Ann ^b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gamma knife surgery; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEARING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR GROWTH; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; CANCER STAGING; FOLLOW UP; HEARING DISORDER; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 13744252620     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0195     Document Type: Article

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