Vestibular schwannoma management: An evidence-based comparison of stereotactic radiosurgery and microsurgical resection

Progress in Neurological Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue , 2008, Pages 222-227

  Pollock, Bruce E ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NEUROMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149394921     PISSN: 00796492     EISSN: 16623924     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000157170     Document Type: Article

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