A protocol for the conservative management of vestibular schwannomas

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-385

  Martin, Thomas P C ^a,b   Senthil, Latha ^a   Chavda, Swarapsinh V ^a   Walsh, Richard ^a   Irving, Richard M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b King's Heath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Conservative management; Growth; Management; Protocol; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; DISEASE COURSE; EAR TUMOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; NEUROMA; PATHOLOGY; PONS ANGLE; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EAR NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549110287     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31819a8df6     Document Type: Article

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