Summary and consensus in 7th International Conference on acoustic neuroma: An update for the management of sporadic acoustic neuromas
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Summary and consensus in 7th International Conference on acoustic neuroma: An update for the management of sporadic acoustic neuromas
Sporadic vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) is a benign tumor arising from cochleovestibular nerve. Nowadays, various specialties and medical centers are treating this disease, and the multidisciplinary collaboration is the trend. In an effort to promote a uniform standard for reporting clinical results, even for treatment indications, the mainly controversies were posed and discussed dur...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2095-8811
DOI: 10.1016/j.wjorl.2016.10.002