10.1055/b-0039-169161 7 Auditory and Vestibular Testing Relevant to Vestibular SchwannomaCrystal Pitts and Steven A. Telian 7.1 Introduction In the same way that the identification and management of vestibular schwannoma (VS)…
10.1055/b-0039-169160 6 Disease Presentation of Sporadic Vestibular SchwannomaChristopher S. Graffeo, William R. Copeland III and Michael J. Link 6.1 Introduction The clinical presentation of sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS)—a spontaneous disease…
10.1055/b-0039-169157 3 Epidemiology of Vestibular SchwannomaPer Caye-Thomasen and Sven-Eric Stangerup 3.1 Introduction In a retrospective analysis from the Faroe islandss. Literatur covering the period from 1962 to 1975, the incidence…
10.1055/b-0039-169159 5 Molecular Biology of Sporadic and NF2-Associated Vestibular SchwannomaAaron K. Remenschneider, Ruwan Kiringoda and D. Bradley Welling 5.1 Introduction The field of molecular research in vestibular schwannomas (VSs) began…
10.1055/b-0039-169158 4 Histopathology of Vestibular SchwannomaAditya Raghunathan and Caterina Giannini 4.1 Introduction The eighth cranial nerve (vestibulocochlear nerve), which transmits auditory and vestibular input from the inner ear to the…
10.1055/b-0039-169156 2 Historical Development of Radiation Modalities for Vestibular SchwannomaL. Dade Lunsford, Ajay Niranjan, Georg Norén and Dan Leksell “The time to treat is when the tumor is no bigger…
10.1055/b-0039-169155 1 History of Vestibular Schwannoma SurgeryRichard T. Ramsden 1.1 Introduction When we consider the current state of the art in many areas of surgery, it is instructive and humbling…
10.1055/b-0039-172586 24 Lateral Parapharyngeal ApproachMarco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Davide Lancini, Alberto Schreiber, Davide Mattavelli As illustrated in the previous chapter, the transnasal approach to the parapharyngeal space can be divided…
10.1055/b-0039-172581 19 Medial Petrous Apex ApproachVittorio Rampinelli, Marco Ravanelli, Andrea Bolzoni Villaret, Francesco Doglietto The petrous apex, a complex bony area located between the middle and posterior cranial fossa, is…
10.1055/b-0039-172585 23 Medial Parapharyngeal ApproachAlberto Schreiber, Marco Ferrari, Marco Ravanelli, Vittorio Rampinelli, Davide Lancini The parapharyngeal space is a suprahyoid infracranial fascial space of the neck, whose shape is typically…
