A Retrospective on Twenty-Five Years of Acoustic Neuroma Treatment
Dr. Michal Sisti Provides Expertise to Meet the Moment in the Direction of Current Research
Columbia Neurosurgery’s team as featured in the ANA’s March 2025 News Alert, “Acoustic Neuroma: Recent Considerations for Radiation Therapy, highlighted our recent studies that have benefitted from the program’s high volume of diverse patients where we have been able to provide procedure types across a spectrum of treatments. To provide further expertise, Dr. Michael Sisti, James G. McMurtry III MD Professor of Neurological Surgery in Radiation Oncology and Co-Director of the Center for Radiosurgery shared additional perspective.
Says Dr. Sisti, “This article summarizes the approach to having all the people and tools of modern medicine to treat every acoustic patient individually to maximize patients' outcomes of tumor control, smiling and hearing while minimizing treatment risks and recovery times. Over the last 25 years, we have treated over a thousand acoustic patients by these methods. Most importantly our published results of patients treated at Columbia in peer reviewed journals which are listed below and available to download online from the National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine via PubMed.”
Dr. Sisti continued, “Perhaps the most recent and important of these publications is our 25-year acoustic neuroma treatment results by Gamma Knife radiosurgery and microsurgery with long term follow of 751 acoustic patients just published via World Neurosurgery, March 2025. As always, we are committed to provide our knowledge and compassion as defined by the doctor patient relationship to optimize the patients' goals to return to good health.”
As acoustic neuroma treatment options continue to evolve, Columbia Neurosurgery is well-positioned to continue to provide its world-class care and remain a leader in the field of Gamma Knife Surgery Centers worldwide.
For further suggested reading
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Stereotactic radiosurgery for management of vestibular schwannoma: a short review. Buss EJ, Wang TJC, Sisti MB. Neurosurg Rev. 2021 Apr;44(2):901-904. doi: 10.1007/s10143-020-01279-2. Epub 2020 Mar 13. PMID: 32170501 Review. |
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Radiation-Induced Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Potential Management. Ishak EM, Gallitto M, Golub JS, Sisti MB, Wang TJC. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2024 May-Jun;14(3):212-215. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2023.12.009. Epub 2024 Jan 10. PMID: 38211694 |
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Instrumented insoles for assessment of gait in patients with vestibular schwannoma. Leong S, Teh BM, Duong T, Hu D, Chui A, Chen JS, Sisti MB, Wang TJC, Zanotto D, Lalwani AK. Wearable Technol. 2023 May 10;4:e14. doi: 10.1017/wtc.2023.11. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38487773 |
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A 25-Year Update on the Facial Nerve Sparing Approach for Vestibular Schwannoma. Sisti JA, Delgardo MW, Yoh N, Okolo OB, Upadhyayula PS, Pascual-Leone A, Paccione CR, Wang TJC, Sisti MB. World Neurosurg. 2025 Mar;195:123603. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.123603. Epub 2025 Jan 30. PMID: 39755149 |
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Efficacy of facial nerve-sparing approach in patients with vestibular schwannomas. Haque R, Wojtasiewicz TJ, Gigante PR, Attiah MA, Huang B, Isaacson SR, Sisti MB. J Neurosurg. 2011 Nov;115(5):917-23. doi: 10.3171/2011.7.JNS101921. Epub 2011 Aug 19. PMID: 21854113 |
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Smith DR, Saadatmand HJ, Wu CC, Black PJ, Wuu YR, Lesser J, Horan M, Isaacson SR, Wang TJC, Sisti MB. Neurosurgery. 2019 Dec 1;85(6):E1084-E1094. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz229. PMID: 31270543 Free PMC article. |
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Komotar RJ, Starke RM, Sisti MB, Connolly ES. Neurosurgery. 2009 Dec;65(6):N12. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000345342.96663.0A. PMID: 19934951 No abstract available. |
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Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery on the Gamma Knife Icon: Early Experience From 100 Patients. Vulpe H, Save AV, Xu Y, Elliston CD, Garrett MD, Wu CC, Cheng SK, Jani AH, Bruce JN, McKhann GM, Wang TJC, Sisti MB. Neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 1;86(4):509-516. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz227. PMID: 31375826 |