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Radiosurgery treatment is associated with improved facial nerve preservation versus repeat resection in recurrent vestibular schwannomas

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Acknowledgments

Constantin Tuleasca gratefully acknowledges receipt of a ‘Young Researcher in Clinical Research Grant’ (Jeune Chercheur en Recherche Clinique) from the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV).

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  1. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Neurosurgery Service and Gamma Knife Center, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Constantin Tuleasca, Roy Thomas Daniel, Daniele Starnoni & Marc Levivier

  2. Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (Unil), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Constantin Tuleasca, Roy Thomas Daniel & Marc Levivier

  3. Signal Processing Laboratory (LTS 5), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Constantin Tuleasca

  4. Faculté de Médecine, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

    Constantin Tuleasca

  5. Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bicêtre, Service de Neurochirurgie, Paris, France

    Constantin Tuleasca

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Tuleasca, C., Daniel, R.T., Starnoni, D. et al. Radiosurgery treatment is associated with improved facial nerve preservation versus repeat resection in recurrent vestibular schwannomas. Acta Neurochir 161, 1821–1822 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-019-03986-2

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