Management of large vestibular schwannoma. Part II. Primary Gamma Knife surgery: Radiological and clinical aspects - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 885-893

  Van De Langenberg, Rick ^a   Hanssens, Patrick E J ^b   Verheul, Jeroen B ^b   Van Overbeeke, Jacobus J ^a,b   Nelemans, Patty J ^c   Dohmen, Amy J C ^a   De Bondt, Bert J ^d   Stokroos, Robert J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Maastricht University ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Gamma Knife surgery; Hearing; Large vestibular schwannoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT FACIAL HYPESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE INJURIES;

EID: 80655125073     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.6.JNS101963     Document Type: Article

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