Vestibular schwannoma: Surgery or gamma knife radiosurgery? A prospective, nonrandomized study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 654-661

  Myrseth, Erling ^a   Møller, Per ^a,b   Pedersen, Paal Henning ^a,b   Lund Johansen, Morten ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Facial nerve function; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Hearing preservation; Microsurgery; Quality of life; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVE FUNCTION; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL APPROACH; TINNITUS; TUMOR VOLUME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67649833827     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000340684.60443.55     Document Type: Article

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