Long-Term Outcomes after Radiosurgery for Acoustic Neuromas

Little information exists about long-term outcomes after radiosurgical or microsurgical treatment of acoustic neuromas. Most reports of microsurgical resection have dealt with results immediately after the procedure 1 – 8 ; only a few have systematically used serial imaging studies to determine recu...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 339; no. 20; pp. 1426 - 1433
Main Authors Kondziolka, Douglas, Lunsford, L. Dade, McLaughlin, Mark R, Flickinger, John C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 12.11.1998
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Data Collection
Diseases of the ear
Ent and stomatology
Facial Paralysis - etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hearing Disorders - etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical procedures
Medical research
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neurological disorders
Neuroma, Acoustic - complications
Neuroma, Acoustic - pathology
Neuroma, Acoustic - surgery
Postoperative Complications
Radiation Dosage
Radiosurgery - adverse effects
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Human
Evaluation
Nervous system diseases
Treatment efficiency
Neurinoma
Radiosurgery
Stereotaxia
Long term
Auditory nerve
Cranial nerve disease
Follow up study
Surgery
ENT disease
Benign neoplasm
Technique
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Summary:Little information exists about long-term outcomes after radiosurgical or microsurgical treatment of acoustic neuromas. Most reports of microsurgical resection have dealt with results immediately after the procedure 1 – 8 ; only a few have systematically used serial imaging studies to determine recurrence rates 5 to 10 years after the intervention. There are no reports on outcomes such as employment status, patient satisfaction, and patient-reported complications in the years after initial treatment of an acoustic neuroma. Early results after stereotactic radiosurgery for acoustic tumors, determined by means of serial imaging studies and clinical examinations, have been reported. 9 – 17 Because the tumor is . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM199811123392003