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9782238

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
138 acoustic schwannomas were treated by Gamma Knife surgery from July 1992 to May 1994. Cases with neurofibromatosis were excluded because of differences in the patterns of growth and development of tumors in these cases. Hearing was evaluated by tonal and vocal audiometry and classified using the Gardner and Robertson score. 104 patients were observed at 3 years after treatment. Hearing studies, the relation of tumor volume to hearing, central and marginal dose, number of shots and preoperative brain-stem-evoked responses (BER) were all recorded. 70% of patients with normal hearing maintained a useful hearing, and 50% of patients with useful hearing maintained serviceable hearing. No correlation was found between hearing preservation and tumor volume, central and marginal dose and number of shots. Gamma Knife surgery seems to be superior to microsurgery with regard to preservation of useful hearing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1011-6125
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
74-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Preservation of hearing in acoustic neuromas treated by gamma knife surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Federation of Oto-neurosurgery, CHU TIMONE, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article