Prognostic factors of hearing preservation after gamma knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Kim, Chang Hyun ^a   Chung, Kyu Whan ^b   Kong, Doo Sik ^b   Nam, Do Hyun ^b   Park, Kwan ^b   Kim, Jong Hyun ^b   Hong, Sung Hwa ^b   Cho, Yang Sun ^b   Chung, Won Ho ^b   Lee, Jung Il ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gamma knife radiosurgery; Hearing preservation; Prognostic factor; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GARDNER ROBERTSON CLASSIFICATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEURILEMOMA; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEAR NERVE; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449100837     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.07.087     Document Type: Article

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