Conservative management of acoustic neuroma: A meta-analysis and proposed treatment algorithm

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 450-454

  Smouha, Eric E ^a,b   Yoo, Michael ^a   Mohr, Kristi ^a   Davis, Raphael P ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Conservative treatment; Growth rate; Meta analysis; Vestibnlar schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14744268137     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200503000-00011     Document Type: Review

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