title: [The management evolution for vestibular schwannoma: history and current situation].
abstract: It has been over 200 years since the acoustic neuroma(AN) was firstly reported. From simply describing its symptoms to the decline of surgical mortality, the protection of facial and acoustic nerve function, as well as the improvement of the patients' quality of life. Physicians made efforts on evolving the diagnostic techniques and treatment strategies, and a better understanding of AN's development. The current major managements of AN are microsurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, and follow-up. We reviewed the AN's history and prospected its future managements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Ear Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose diseases, Shanghai 200092, China.
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
authors.forename: Q Q
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Hua
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016634:Radiosurgery