Appendix:
MEDLINE search strategy:
1. exp Neuroma, Acoustic/
2. vestibul$ schwannom$.mp.
3. acoust$ neurilemom$.mp.
4. acoust$ neurinom$.mp.
5. cerebellopontine angle tumo$.mp.
6. acoust$ schwannom$.mp.
7. acoust$ tumo$.mp.
8. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 9. exp "Quality of Life"/
10. quality of life.mp.
11. exp Microsurgery/
12. microsurger$.mp.
13. exp Radiosurgery/
14. radiosurger$.mp.
15. exp Radiotherapy/
16. radiotherap$.mp.
17. exp Questionnaires/
18. questionnair$.mp.
19. exp Treatment Outcome/
20. function$ outcom$.mp.
21. 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 22. 8 and 21
23. limit 22 to (humans and "all adult (19 plus years)")
EMBASE search strategy:
1. exp acoustic neurinoma/
2. acoust$ neurom$.mp.
3. vestibul$ schwannom$.mp.
4. acoust$ neurilemom$.mp.
5. acoust$ tumo$.mp.
6. acoust$ neurinom$.mp.
7. cerebellopontine angle tumo$.mp.
8. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 9. exp microsurgery/
10. microsurger$.mp.
11. exp radiosurgery/
12. exp gamma knife radiosurgery/
13. exp stereotactic radiosurgery/
14. radiosurger$.mp.
15. exp radiotherapy/
16. radiotherap$.mp.
17. exp "quality of life"/
18. quality of life.mp.
19. exp questionnaire/
20. questionnair$.mp.
21. exp treatment outcome/
22. function$ outcom$.mp.
23. 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 24. 8 and 23
25. limit 24 to (human and (adult <18 to 64 years> or aged <65+ years>))
The Cochrane Library search strategy:
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Neuroma, Acoustic] explode all trees
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Neuroma, Acoustic] explode all trees
#3 #1 or #2
#4 MeSH descriptor: [Quality of Life] explode all trees
#5 microsurger*
#6 radiosurger*
#7 radiotherap*
#8 wait and scan
#9 observation
#10 conservativ* treatment*
#11 function* outcom*
#12 questionnair*
#13 #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12
#14 #3 and #13
