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Is there a need for magnetic resonance imaging six-month post-radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma?

30 April 2020 | | Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery | Vestibular schwannoma, Acoustic neuroma, Stereotactic radiosurgery, Gamma knife, Cost analysis, Health care spending

With advances in imaging and radiation technologies, small, slowly growing vestibular schwannomas (VS) are treated primarily with either observation or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Routine magnetic resonance (MRI) scans with gadolinium are obtained six months and one year after SRS in...