SOCIETY OF BRITISH NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS: SYMPOSIUM ON THE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS ON ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS: A COMPARISON OF RESULTS AFTER INTRACAPSULAR ENUCLEATION AND TOTAL EXTIRPATION OF ACOUSTIC TUMOURS
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- 1 November 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 13 (4) , 268-270
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.13.4.268
Abstract
25% of patients are usefully occupied without serious disability 5-25 hrs. after intracapsular removal of acoustic tumors, compared to 60% of patients having had complete removal. The 5 yr. mortality rate was 56.2% after intracapsular removal, and 14.1% after complete removal.Keywords
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- VERIFIED BRAIN TUMORSJAMA, 1934