Interdisciplinary Treatment and Training Concept in a Series of 502 Vestibular Schwannomas
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Diagnostics and therapy of vestibular schwannomas – an interdisciplinary challenge
Vestibular schwannomas (VS) expand slowly in the internal auditory canal, in the cerebellopontine angle, inside the cochlear and the labyrinth. Larger tumors can displace and compress the brainstem. With an annual incidence of 1:100,000 vestibular schwannoma represent 6-7% of all intracranial tumors. In the cerebellopontine angle they are by far the most neoplasm with 90% of all lesions located...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2193-6331,2193-634X
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1600711