Small vestibular schwannomas with no hearing: Comparison of functional outcomes in stereotactic radiosurgery and microsurgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1909-1916

  Coelho, Daniel H ^a   Roland, J Thomas ^b,c   Rush, Stephen A ^b   Narayana, Ashwatha ^b   Clair, Eric ST ^b   Chung, Wayne ^b   Golfinos, John G ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Dept Otolaryngol/Hd Neck Surg   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Disequilibrium; Gamma knife; Imbalance; Microsurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vertigo; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TELEPHONE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 56149104348     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31818226cb     Document Type: Article

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