TY - CHAP
T1 - Treatment Options for Acoustic Neuroma, Including Stereotactic Radiosurgery
AU - Kerezoudis, Panagiotis
AU - Weisskopf, Peter A.
AU - Driscoll, Colin L.W.
AU - Link, Michael J.
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PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Vestibular schwannoma (VS) represents a challenging intracranial tumor to treat. Almost a century ago, the most prominent neurosurgeons in Europe reported operative mortality rates greater than 70% [1–3]. Harvey Cushing, in the US, advocated for a wide bilateral posterior fossa decompression and intracapsular internal decompression of the tumor to achieve a safe subtotal resection (STR) and reduced the operative mortality to ~20% [4, 5]. Walter Dandy, on the other hand, described a unilateral craniectomy and complete tumor removal with the necessary sacrifice of cranial nerves VII and VIII but obviating the risk of tumor regrowth and need for additional treatment [6–9]. Over the next several decades, the integration of the operating microscope, improvement in neuroanesthetic techniques, and development of intraoperative electromyographic (EMG) monitoring have markedly improved the outcome from microsurgical resection of VS.
AB - Vestibular schwannoma (VS) represents a challenging intracranial tumor to treat. Almost a century ago, the most prominent neurosurgeons in Europe reported operative mortality rates greater than 70% [1–3]. Harvey Cushing, in the US, advocated for a wide bilateral posterior fossa decompression and intracapsular internal decompression of the tumor to achieve a safe subtotal resection (STR) and reduced the operative mortality to ~20% [4, 5]. Walter Dandy, on the other hand, described a unilateral craniectomy and complete tumor removal with the necessary sacrifice of cranial nerves VII and VIII but obviating the risk of tumor regrowth and need for additional treatment [6–9]. Over the next several decades, the integration of the operating microscope, improvement in neuroanesthetic techniques, and development of intraoperative electromyographic (EMG) monitoring have markedly improved the outcome from microsurgical resection of VS.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-12507-2_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-12507-2_10
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85160175394
SN - 9783031125065
SP - 133
EP - 143
BT - Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle, Second Edition
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -