The newly diagnosed vestibular schwannoma: radiosurgery, resection, or observation?

D Kondziolka, SH Mousavi, H Kano, JC Flickinger… - Neurosurgical …, 2012 - thejns.org
Object Management recommendations for patients with smaller-volume or newly diagnosed
vestibular schwannomas (< 4 cm 3) need to be based on an understanding of the …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the technique of subtotal resection and stereotactic radiosurgery for large vestibular schwannomas: a “nerve-centered” …

D Starnoni, RT Daniel, C Tuleasca, M George… - Neurosurgical …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE During the last decade, the primary objective for large vestibular schwannoma
(VS) management has progressively shifted, from tumor excision to nerve preservation by …

Gamma Knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: clinical results at long-term follow-up in a series of 379 patients

N Boari, M Bailo, F Gagliardi, A Franzin… - Journal of …, 2014 - thejns.org
Object Since the 1990s, Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) has become the first-line
treatment option for small-to medium-size vestibular schwannomas (VSs), especially in …

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

ML Carlson, JT Jacob, BE Pollock, BA Neff… - Journal of …, 2013 - thejns.org
Object The goals of this retrospective cohort study were as follows: 1) to describe the long-
term prevalence and timing of hearing deterioration following low-dose (12-to 13-Gy …

Ten-year follow-up on tumor growth and hearing in patients observed with an intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma

M Kirchmann, K Karnov, S Hansen, T Dethloff… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Reports on the natural history of tumor growth and hearing in patients with
a vestibular schwannoma (VS) are almost exclusively short-term data. Long-term data are …

Stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas: average 10-year follow-up results focusing on long-term hearing preservation

S Watanabe, M Yamamoto, T Kawabe, T Koiso… - Journal of …, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to reappraise long-term treatment outcomes of
stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for vestibular schwannomas (VSs). The authors used a …

[HTML][HTML] Preserving normal facial nerve function and improving hearing outcome in large vestibular schwannomas with a combined approach: planned subtotal …

RT Daniel, C Tuleasca, M George, E Pralong… - Acta …, 2017 - Springer
Objective To perform planned subtotal resection followed by gamma knife surgery (GKRS) in
a series of patients with large vestibular schwannoma (VS), aiming at an optimal functional …

Systematic review of hearing preservation after radiotherapy for vestibular schwannoma

AR Coughlin, TJ Willman, SP Gubbels - Otology & Neurotology, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the long-term hearing preservation rate for spontaneous vestibular
schwannoma treated by primary radiotherapy. Data Sources: The MEDLINE/PubMed, Web …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with preservation of facial nerve function after surgical resection of vestibular schwannoma

O Bloch, ME Sughrue, R Kaur, AJ Kane… - Journal of neuro …, 2011 - Springer
Avoidance of facial nerve palsy is one of the major goals of vestibular schwannoma (VS)
microsurgery. In this study, we examined the significance of previously implicated prognostic …

A matched cohort comparison of clinical outcomes following microsurgical resection or stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with small-and medium-sized vestibular …

JG Golfinos, TC Hill, R Rokosh, O Choudhry… - Journal of …, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE A randomized trial that compares clinical outcomes following microsurgery (MS)
or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for patients with small-and medium-sized vestibular …