For Johns Hopkins acoustic neuroma radiosurgery and Johns Hopkins acoustic neuroma treatments, please visit our site. Sign up for the Brain Tumor Newsletter so that we can e-mail new treatment options to you. The options for the treatment of the acoustic neuromas include surgery and radiosurgery. Thousands of patients have received radiosurgery for acoustic neuromas. Radiosurgery is a non-invasive treatment that uses precisely focussed, narrow beams of radiation to both treat the acoustic neuroma and to spare the surrounding normal tissues.
Controversy exists regarding the optimal form of treatment for the acoustic neuromas.
The patient and the family should strive to become very knowledgable regarding the options for treatment. The foundation of Johns Hopkins Radiosurgery for acoustic neuromas is fractionation. Fractionation means giving multiple smaller treatments, one per day, rather than a single large treatment. The learning curve for acoustic tumor surgery. The surgical approach to the acoustic neuroma appeared to have no effect on the incidence of facial nerve injury.