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#1 MeSH descriptor Neuroma, Acoustic explode all trees

#2 (vestibular or vestibulocochlear or acoustic) and (neuroma* or

neurilemmoma* or neurilemoma* or neurinoma* or tumor* or

tumour* or schwannoma*)

#3 (#1 OR #2)

#4  MeSH descriptor Radiosurgery explode all trees

#5 radiosurg*

#6 MeSH descriptor Radiotherapy explode all trees

#7 radiother* or irradiat*

#8 MeSH descriptor Surgical Procedures, Operative explode all trees

#9 MeSH descriptor Stereotaxic Techniques explode all trees

#10 surgery or stereotactic* or stereotaxi* or "gamma knife" or

cyberknife or linac

#11 ((#6 OR #7) AND (#8 OR #9 OR #10))

#12 (#4 OR #5 OR #11)

#1 "Neuroma, Acoustic"[Mesh]

#2 ((vestibular OR vestibulocochlear OR acoustic[Title/Abstract])) AND (neuroma* OR neurilemmoma* OR neurilemoma* OR neurinoma* OR tumour* OR tumor* OR schwannoma*[Title/Abstract])

#3 (#1 OR #2)

#4 "Radiosurgery"[Mesh]

#5 radiosurg*[Title/Abstract]

#6 "Radiotherapy"[Mesh]

#7 (radiother* or irradiat*[Title/Abstract])

#8 "Surgical Procedures, Operative"[Mesh]

#9 "Stereotaxic Techniques"[Mesh]

#10 (surgery or stereotactic* or stereotaxi* or "gamma knife" or cyberknife or linac[Title/Abstract])

#11 ((#6 OR #7) AND (#8 OR #9 OR #10))

#12 (#4 OR #5 OR #11)

#13 "Neuroma, Acoustic/surgery"[Mesh]

#14 "Neuroma, Acoustic/radiotherapy"[Mesh]

#15 (#13 AND #14)

#16 (#14 OR #15)

1 exp acoustic neurinoma/

2 ((vestibular or vestibulocochlear or acoustic) and (neuroma* or neurilemmoma* or neurilemoma* neurinoma* or tumor* or tumour* or schwannoma*)).tw.

3 1 or 2

4 exp radiosurgery/

5 "radiosurg*".tw.

6 exp radiotherapy/

7 (radiother* or irradiat*).tw.

8 exp surgical technique/

9 exp stereotactic procedure/

10 (surgery or stereotactic* or stereotaxic* or "gamma knife" or cyberknife or linac).tw.

11 (6 or 7) and (8 or 9 or 10)

12 4 or 5 or 11

13 3 and 12

14 exp acoustic neurinoma/su [Surgery]

15 exp acoustic neurinoma/rt [Radiotherapy]

16 14 and 15

17 13 or 16

CINAHL (EBSCO)

Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)

ISRCTN (mRCT)

S1 (MH "Neuroma, Acoustic+")

S2 TX (vestibular or vestibulocochlear or acoustic) AND

TX (neuroma* or neurilemmoma* or neurilemoma* or tumour* or tumor* or schwannoma)

S3 (S1 or S2)

S4 (MH "Radiosurgery+")

S5 TX radiosurg*

S6 (MH "Radiotherapy+")

S7 TX radiother* or irradiat*

S8 (MH "Surgery, Operative+")

S9 (MH "Stereotaxic Techniques+")

S10 TX surgery or stereotactic* or stereotaxi* or

"gamma knife" or cyberknife or linac

S11 (S6 or S7) AND (S8 or S9 or S10)

S12 S4 or S5 or S11

S13 S3 and S12

S14 (MH "Neuroma, Acoustic+/SU")

S15 (MH "Neuroma, Acoustic+/RT")

S16 (S14 and S15)

S17 S13 or S16

#1 TS=((vestibular or vestibulocochlear or acoustic) and (neuroma* neurilemmoma* or neurilemoma* or neurinoma* or tumor* or tumour* or schwannoma*))

#2 TS=radiosurg*

#3 WC=Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

#4 TS=(radiother* or irradiat*)

#5 WC=surgery

#6 TS=(surgery or stereotactic* or stereotaxic* or "gamma knife" or cyberknife of linac)

#7 (#3 or #4) and (#5 or #6)

#8 #2 or #7

#9 #1 and #8

((acoustic or vestibular or vestibulocochlear) and

(neuroma* or neurinoma* or neurilemmoma* or neurilemoma* or neurinoma* or tumor* or tumour*)) and (radiosurg* or "gamma knife" or cyberknife or linac)