Repeat gamma knife surgery for regrowth of vestibular schwannomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-54

  Yomo, Shoji ^a   Arkha, Yasser ^a   Delsanti, Christine ^a   Roche, Pierre Hugue ^a   Thomassin, Jean Marc ^a   Régis, Jean ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Gamma knife surgery; Hearing preservation; Radiosurgery; Recurrence; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION;

EID: 62449163044     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000327692.74477.D5     Document Type: Article

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