Therapeutic strategy for large vestibular schwannomas

CK Park, HW Jung, JE Kim, YJ Son, SH Paek… - Journal of neuro …, 2006 - Springer
Management of large vestibular schwannoma (VS) remains a difficult problem for which the
extent of tumor resection and the role of radiosurgery continue to be the subject of debate …

Management of large vestibular schwannoma. Part I. Planned subtotal resection followed by Gamma Knife surgery: radiological and clinical aspects

R van de Langenberg, PEJ Hanssens… - Journal of …, 2011 - thejns.org
Object In large vestibular schwannoma (VS), microsurgery is the main treatment option, and
complete resection is considered the primary goal. However, previous studies have …

Patient outcomes after vestibular schwannoma management: a prospective comparison of microsurgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery

BE Pollock, CLW Driscoll, RL Foote, MJ Link… - …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: The best management for patients with small-to medium-sized vestibular
schwannomas (versus) is controversial. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of 82 patients …

Surgical treatment of giant vestibular schwannomas: facial nerve outcome and tumor control

S Zhang, W Liu, X Hui, C You - World Neurosurgery, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Surgical treatment of giant vestibular schwannomas (GVS) is challenging. The
philosophy of incomplete tumor resection may balance the preservation of facial nerve …

Management of large vestibular schwannoma. Part II. Primary Gamma Knife surgery: radiological and clinical aspects

R van de Langenberg, PEJ Hanssens… - Journal of …, 2011 - thejns.org
Object In large vestibular schwannomas (VSs), microsurgery is the main treatment option. A
wait-and-scan policy or radiosurgery are generally not recommended given concerns of …

Conservative management of 386 cases of unilateral vestibular schwannoma: tumor growth and consequences for treatment

W El Bakkouri, RE Kania, JP Guichard, G Lot… - Journal of …, 2009 - thejns.org
Object The object of this study was to evaluate the natural history, pattern, and occurrence of
tumor growth and its consequences for treatment of small-sized vestibular schwannomas …

Radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas

J Régis, R Carron, C Delsanti… - Neurosurgery …, 2013 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Within the last 3 last decades, microsurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) have
become well established management options for vestibular schwannomas (VS) …

Large vestibular schwannomas treated by Gamma Knife surgery: long-term outcomes

WY Chung, DHC Pan, CC Lee, HM Wu, KD Liu… - Journal of …, 2010 - thejns.org
Object Although radiosurgery has been well accepted as a treatment for small-to medium-
sized vestibular schwannomas (VSs), its application in the treatment of large VSs remains …

Long-term risk of recurrence and regrowth after gross-total and subtotal resection of sporadic vestibular schwannoma

H Nakatomi, JT Jacob, ML Carlson, S Tanaka… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The management of vestibular schwannoma (VS) remains controversial. One
commonly cited advantage of microsurgery over other treatment modalities is that tumor …

The changing paradigm for the surgical treatment of large vestibular schwannomas

RT Daniel, C Tuleasca, A Rocca… - … Surgery Part B: Skull …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Objective Planned subtotal resection followed by Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) in patients
with large vestibular schwannoma (VS) has emerged during the past decade, with the aim of …