Modern Hearing Preservation Outcomes After Vestibular Schwannoma Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Assaf Berger, Juan Diego Alzate, Kenneth Bernstein, Reed Mullen, Sean O. McMenomey, Daniel Jethanemest, David R. Friedmann, Eric Smouha, Erik P. Sulman, Joshua S. Silverman,

Neurosurgery · 2022 · 25 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

Hearing preservation after SRS for patients with VS with serviceable hearing is correlated to the specific baseline GR score (1 or 2), age, cochlear dose, and biological effective dose. Increased tumor-free canal space correlates with better outcomes. The most durable hearing preservation correlates with factors commonly associated with smaller tumors away from the cochlea.

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