Hearing preservation in patients with vestibular schwannoma treated with Gamma Knife surgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 571-578

  Baschnagel, Andrew M ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^a   Bojrab, Dennis ^c   Pieper, Daniel ^c   Kartush, Jack ^b   Didyuk, Oksana ^a   Naumann, Ilka C ^b   Maitz, Ann ^a   Grills, Inga S ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Michigan Head and Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Gamma Knife surgery; Hearing loss; Serviceable hearing; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AVERAGE; RADIATION DOSE; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COCHLEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874639923     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.10.JNS12880     Document Type: Article

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