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