Vestibular schwannoma management. Part I. Failed microsurgery and the role of delayed stereotactic radiosurgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 944-948

  Pollock, Bruce E ^b   Lunsford, L Dade ^a   Flickinger, John C ^b   Clyde, Brent L ^b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Microsurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; GADOLINIUM;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3643064534     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.6.0944     Document Type: Article

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