Evaluation of hearing function after gamma knife surgery of vestibular schwannomas

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Franzin, Alberto ^a   Spatola, Giorgio ^a   Serra, Carlo ^a   Picozzi, Piero ^a   Medone, Marzia ^a   Milani, Davide ^a   Castellazzi, Paola ^a   Mortini, Pietro ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Hearing function; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 73349083687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.FOCUS09196     Document Type: Article

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