acoustic neuroma
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More than 2,500 people are diagnosed with acoustic neuroma in the U.S. every year. Holland 1777 is when acoustic neuroma was first described. The first successful removal of this benign tumor was in 1894. Though the death rate after the surgery was 80%. 1951 A Swedish surgeon, Lars Leksell, had an idea to let ionizing radiation crossfire targets in the brain. Lars called this radiosurgery, so it wouldn't be confused with radiotherapy. Lars proposed radiosurgery to treat developing tumors. The first treatment involving radiosurgery was in 1969 by Dr leksell himself...