Management of acoustic neuromas in patients 65 years or older

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 708-714

  Roehm, Pamela C ^a   Gantz, Bruce J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Elderly; Management; Observation; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34547803106     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000281805.44197.ec     Document Type: Article

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