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Long-Term Hearing Outcomes Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients—A Retrospective Cohort Study

Peter L. Santa Maria, Yangyang Shi, Richard K. Gurgel, C. Eduardo Corrales, Scott G. Soltys, Chloe Santa Maria, Kevin Murray, Steven D. Chang, Nikolas H. Blevins, Iris C. Gibbs,

Neurosurgery · 2018 · 41 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

Hearing declines over time in VS treated with SRS in a high proportion of cases. The frequency and magnitude of long-term hearing decline following SRS argues against prophylactic radiation for small tumors in hearing ears with undetermined growth behavior.

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