Long-term hearing outcomes following stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: Patterns of hearing loss and variables influencing audiometric decline

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 579-587

  Carlson, Matthew L ^a   Jacob, Jeffrey T ^a   Pollock, Bruce E ^a   Neff, Brian A ^a   Tombers, Nicole M ^a   Driscoll, Colin L W ^a   Link, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Gamma Knife surgery; Hearing preservation; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY; COCHLEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874598621     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.JNS12919     Document Type: Article

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