Decision analysis of treatment options for vestibular schwannoma: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 400-413

  Whitmore, Robert G ^a   Urban, Christopher ^a   Church, Ephraim ^a   Ruckenstein, Michael ^a   Stein, Sherman C ^a   Lee, John Y K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Decision analysis; Microsurgery; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 79551718506     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.JNS091802     Document Type: Article

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