Surgical management for large vestibular schwannomas: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section

D Starnoni, L Giammattei, G Cossu, MJ Link… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Background and objective The optimal management of large vestibular schwannomas
continues to be debated. We constituted a task force comprising the members of the EANS …

Radiotherapy for vestibular schwannomas: a critical review

ES Murphy, JH Suh - International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology …, 2011 - Elsevier
Vestibular schwannomas are slow-growing tumors of the myelin-forming cells that cover
cranial nerve VIII. The treatment options for patients with vestibular schwannoma include …

Clinical practice guideline: tinnitus

DE Tunkel, CA Bauer, GH Sun… - … –Head and Neck …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Tinnitus is the perception of sound without an external source. More than 50
million people in the United States have reported experiencing tinnitus, resulting in an …

[HTML][HTML] The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the identification of suspected acoustic neuroma: a systematic review of clinical and cost effectiveness and natural …

H Fortnum, C O'Neill, R Taylor, R Lenthall… - Health Technology …, 2009 - europepmc.org
Objective (s) To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a range of
diagnostic strategies for investigating patients with unilateral hearing loss and/or tinnitus …

A review of treatment modalities for vestibular schwannoma

BJ Arthurs, RK Fairbanks, JJ Demakas… - Neurosurgical …, 2011 - Springer
Vestibular schwannomas are benign intracranial tumors arising from the vestibular nerve.
Treatment options include observation, stereotactic radiosurgery, fractionated radiotherapy …

Acoustic neuroma growth: a systematic review of the evidence

TP Nikolopoulos, H Fortnum, G O'Donoghue… - Otology & …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Aim: To undertake a systematic review of the literature on acoustic neuroma growth.
Predictors of growth were also explored. Materials and Methods: A comprehensive search …

Phase II study of everolimus in children and adults with neurofibromatosis type 2 and progressive vestibular schwannomas

MA Karajannis, G Legault, M Hagiwara… - Neuro …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway is
thought to be a key driver of tumor growth in Merlin (NF2)-deficient tumors. Everolimus is an …

Treatment of vestibular schwannomas. Why, when and how?

E Myrseth, PH Pedersen, P Møller… - Acta neurochirurgica, 2007 - Springer
Sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS) causes unilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and
unsteadiness. In many cases, the tumour size may remain unchanged for many years …

Nerve of origin, tumor size, hearing preservation, and facial nerve outcomes in 359 vestibular schwannoma resections at a tertiary care academic center

A Jacob, LL Robinson Jr, JS Bortman, L Yu… - The …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To determine nerve of origin, tumor size, hearing preservation rates, and facial
nerve outcomes in a retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing translabyrinthine (TL) …

Factors associated with hearing preservation after Gamma Knife surgery for vestibular schwannomas in patients who retain serviceable hearing

T Hasegawa, Y Kida, T Kato, H Iizuka… - Journal of …, 2011 - thejns.org
Object Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) has been a safe and effective treatment for small-to
medium-sized vestibular schwannomas (VSs) over relatively long-term outcomes. However …