Long-term hearing results in Gamma Knife radiosurgery for acoustic neuromas

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1019-1022

  Bush, Matthew L ^a   Shinn, Jennifer B ^a   Young, A Byron ^a   Jones, Raleigh O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Audiometry; Gamma Knife; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOICE;

EID: 44649163891     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31816b8cc7     Document Type: Article

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