The natural history of untreated sporadic vestibular schwannomas: A comprehensive review of hearing outcomes - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-167

  Sughrue, Michael E ^a   Yang, Isaac ^a   Aranda, Derick ^a   Lobo, Khadja ^a   Pitts, Lawrence H ^a   Cheung, Steven W ^a   Parsa, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing outcome; Hearing preservation; Observation management; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FACIAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR NEURILEMOMA;

FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; HEARING; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 75749133680     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.JNS08895     Document Type: Article

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