2015
Gamma Knife radiosurgery for facial nerve schwannomas: a multicenter study.
Sheehan JP, Kano H, Xu Z, Chiang V, Mathieu D, Chao S, Akpinar B, Lee JY, Yu JB, Hess J, Wu HM, Chung WY, Pierce J, Missios S, Kondziolka D, Alonso-Basanta M, Barnett GH, Lunsford LD. Gamma Knife radiosurgery for facial nerve schwannomas: a multicenter study. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2015, 123: 387-94. PMID: 25955875, DOI: 10.3171/2014.11.jns141160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacial nerve schwannomaFacial nerve functionNorth American Gamma Knife ConsortiumHouse-Brackmann scoreStereotactic radiosurgeryNerve functionTumor controlNeurological preservationMargin doseMedian ageNerve schwannomaPreoperative facial nerve functionNormal facial nerve functionResidual/recurrent tumorActuarial tumor controlEffective salvage treatmentMean margin dosePermanent neurological symptomsTumor margin doseUpfront stereotactic radiosurgeryPatients' median ageMean tumor volumeTreatment of choiceGamma knife radiosurgeryRare intracranial tumors
2014
Mass Effect
Chiang V, Awad I. Mass Effect. 2014, 1007-1008. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385157-4.00765-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMass effectSuch mass lesionsDisturbance of consciousnessTreatment of choiceCompression of vesselsCentral nervous systemCerebrospinal fluid flowSecondary hydrocephalusVisual obscurationsMass lesionSurgical removalVascular lesionsGeneral symptomsIntracranial pressureExtrinsic pathologiesSpecific symptomsNervous systemNeuronal tissueLesionsSymptomsPossible obstructionFocal distortionVomitingHematomaIschemia