Conservative management of vestibular schwannomas: An effective strategy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 951-957

  Ferri, Gian Gaetano ^a   Modugno, Giovanni Carlo ^a   Pirodda, Antonio ^a   Fioravanti, Antonio ^b   Calbucci, Fabio ^b   Ceroni, Alberto Rinaldi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Hearing function; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

AUDIOMETRY; EAR NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURILEMMOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 44649138613     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31816a8955     Document Type: Article

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