Small acoustic neuromas: Surgical outcomes versus observation or radiation

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 380-392

  Meyer, Ted A ^a   Canty, Paul A ^b   Wilkinson, Eric P ^c   Hansen, Marlan R ^c   Rubinstein, Jay T ^d   Gantz, Bruce J ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Hearing preservation; Middle fossa approach; Observation; Radiation; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CANCER CONTROL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; EVALUATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING PRESERVATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646844247     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200604000-00015     Document Type: Review

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