Quality of life following microsurgery, radiosurgery and conservative management for unilateral vestibular schwannoma

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 621-627

  Sandooram, Dosh ^a,e   Grunfeld, E A ^b   McKinney, C ^c   Gleeson, M J ^d  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Microsurgery; Quality of life; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9344235063     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00881.x     Document Type: Review

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