Long-term tumor control and cranial nerve outcomes following Gamma knife surgery for larger-volume vestibular schwannomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 598-604

  Milligan, Brian D ^a   Pollock, Bruce E ^a   Foote, Robert L ^a   Link, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BELL PALSY; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 84857843027     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.11.JNS11811     Document Type: Article

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