Conservative management of 386 cases of unilateral vestibular schwannoma: Tumor growth and consequences for treatment - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 662-669

  El Bakkouri, Wissame ^a   Kania, Romain E ^a   Guichard, Jean Pierre ^b   Lot, Guillaume ^b   Herman, Philippe ^a   Huy, Patrice Tran Ba ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Hearing preservation; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Tumor growth; Vestibular schwannoma; Wait and scan policy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649142946     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2007.5.16836     Document Type: Article

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