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About This Book
Acoustic neuroma outcomes have been greatly improved by advances in microsurgical techniques, and recently by the long-term application of radiosurgery, which has proven to be an appropriate, verifiable, and extremely clinically relevant treatment strategy. This volume brings together the latest opinions of outstanding physicians and surgeons who treat patients with acoustic neuromas, commonly known as vestibular neuromas. Since the days of Cushing, when partial tumor removal seemed the best method for saving a patient's life, the management of this relatively rare tumor has sparked enormous clinical interest. The book outlines the various stages in the evolution of vestibular schwannoma surgery and presents the full spectrum of current therapeutic possibilities. The novel concept of combining microsurgical with radiosurgical skills should eliminate problems such as facial palsy and hearing loss which were previously associated with the therapeutic management of these tumors. The excellent research findings published here by leading experts in the field will help neurosurgeons, otologists and radiation oncologists to understand the enormous strides made during the last two decades in vestibular schwannoma surgery and radiosurgery.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- In Memoriam Prof. Robert Sedan
- Editors/Editorial Assistant
- Series Editor’s Note
- Foreword
- Introduction
- History of Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
- Genesis and Biology of Vestibular Schwannomas
- Radiobiology, Principle and Technique of Radiosurgery
- Cerebellopontine Cistern: Microanatomy Applied to Vestibular Schwannomas
- Radiosurgery: Operative Technique, Pitfalls and Tips
- Extended Middle Cranial Fossa Approach for Vestibular Schwannoma: Technical Note and Surgical Results of 896 Operations
- Translabyrinthine Approach for Vestibular Schwannomas: Operative Technique
- Management of Large Vestibular Schwannomas by Combined Surgical Resection and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- The Wait and See Strategy for Intracanalicular Vestibular Schwannomas
- Recurrence of Vestibular Schwannomas after Surgery
- Morphological Changes of Vestibular Schwannomas after Radiosurgical Treatment: Pitfalls and Diagnosis of Failure
- Tissue Changes after Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas
- Facial Nerve Outcome after Microsurgical Resection of Vestibular Schwannoma
- Facial Nerve Function Insufficiency after Radiosurgery versus Microsurgery
- Surgical Treatment of Facial Nerve Schwannomas
- Gamma Knife Surgery for Facial Nerve Schwannomas
- Hearing Preservation after Complete Microsurgical Removal in Vestibular Schwannomas
- Hearing Preservation in Patients with Unilateral Vestibular Schwannoma after Gamma Knife Surgery
- Surgical Removal of Vestibular Schwannoma after Failed Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- Microsurgical Removal of Vestibular Schwannomas after Failed Previous Microsurgery
- Vestibular Schwannoma Radiosurgery after Previous Surgical Resection or Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Microsurgery Management of Vestibular Schwannomas in Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Indications and Results
- Radiosurgery for Type II Neurofibromatosis
- Microsurgical Treatment of Intracanalicular Vestibular Schwannomas
- Radiosurgery for Intracanalicular Vestibular Schwannomas
- Hydrocephalus and Vestibular Schwannomas: Considerations about the Impact of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- Radiosurgery and Carcinogenesis Risk
- Vestibular Schwannomas: Complications of Microsurgery
- Vestibular Schwannoma Management: An Evidence-Based Comparison of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Microsurgical Resection
- Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas
- Radiotherapy of Cranial Nerve Schwannomas
- Future Perspectives in Acoustic Neuroma Management
- Author Index
- Subject Index