RADIOSURGERY - A MINIMALLY INTERVENTIONAL ALTERNATIVE TO MICROSURGERYIN THE MANAGEMENT OF ACOUSTIC NEUROMA

Authors
FORSTER DMC KEMENY AA PATHAK A WALTON L
Citation
Dmc. Forster et al., RADIOSURGERY - A MINIMALLY INTERVENTIONAL ALTERNATIVE TO MICROSURGERYIN THE MANAGEMENT OF ACOUSTIC NEUROMA, British journal of neurosurgery, 10(2), 1996, pp. 169-174
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
British journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02688697
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
169 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-8697(1996)10:2<169:R-AMIA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We report the results of treatment with radiosurgery of 29 tumours in 27 patients with acoustic neuromas between 1986 and 1989. The median f ollow-up was 6.6 years. The treatment appears to be an effective alter native to surgery for patients with tumours of 3 cm diameter or less. The mortality and morbidity of the treatment and the presentation of c ranial nerve function is comparable to the very best surgical results. Every patient with an acoustic neuroma should be informed about this alternative to direct surgery.