Current treatment strategy in the management of vestibular schwannoma

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-263

  Misra, Basant ^a   Purandare, Harshad ^a   Ved, Rahul ^a   Bagdia, Anshul ^a   Mare, Pandurang ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Microsurgery; Observation; Radiosurgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHEST INFECTION; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCELE; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; TUMOR VOLUME; WATCHFUL WAITING; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651154449     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.53263     Document Type: Article

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