Subtotal/near-total treatment of vestibular schwannomas

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 380-384

  Gurgel, Richard K ^a   Theodosopoulos, Philip V ^b   Jackler, Robert K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic neuroma; near total resection; stereotactic radiation; subtotal resection; vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; NEAR TOTAL RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBTOTAL RESECTION;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84866400850     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328357b220     Document Type: Review

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