Hearing preservation after gamma knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas presenting with high-level hearing

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-296

  Tamura, Manabu ^a   Carron, Romain ^a   Yomo, Shoji ^a   Arkha, Yasser ^a   Muraciolle, Xavier ^a   Porcheron, Denis ^a   Thomassin, Jean M ^a   Roche, Pierre H ^a   Regis, Jean ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cochlear dose; Gamma knife; Hearing preservation; Quality of life; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; COCHLEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449232602     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338256.87936.7C     Document Type: Article

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