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Table 2 Anatomic structure and associated surrounding radiation dose in serviceable hearing and no serviceable hearing

From: Outcome of hearing preservation related to tumor morphologic analysis in acoustic neuromas treated by gamma knife radiosurgery

 

Serviceable hearing

No Serviceable hearing

Length of nerve to cochlea(mm)

0.3 ± 0.04

0.25 ± 0.07

Tumor volume (CC)

2.9 ± 0.5

3.7 ± 1.3

Length of tumor in IAC (mm)

0.66 ± 0.04

0.77 ± 0.04

Width of tumor in IAC (mm)

0.46 ± 0.03

0.55 ± 0.04

Percentage of BS compression

0.8 ± 0.03

0.8 ± 0.06

Percentage of 4th ventricle compression

0.89 ± 0.02

0.86 ± 0.06

Peripheral treatment dosage (Gy)

12 ± 0.05

12.1 ± 0.08

Cochlea dosage (Gy)

3.3 ± 0.4

3.5 ± 0.6

Lateral semicircular canal dosage (Gy)

2.73 ± 0.24

2.98 ± 0.42

Medial semicircular canal dosage (Gy)

2.89 ± 0.21

3.26 ± 0.41

Inferior semicircular canal dosage (Gy)

3.33 ± 0.24

3.14 ± 0.31

BS dosage (Gy)

8.7 ± 0.5

7.9 ± 0.1

10 Gy volume in BS (cc)

0.13 ± 0.03

0.15 ± 0.06

Percentage in peripheral (%)

51.1 ± 0.6%

50.8 ± 0.7%

  1. The data presented with mean ± standard errors