Preservation of hearing in patients undergoing microsurgery for vestibular schwannoma: degree of meatal filling

Mohr G., SADE B., Dufour J., Rappaport J.

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, vol.102, no.1, pp.1-5, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 102 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.1.0001
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-5
  • Keywords: acoustic neuroma, hearing preservation, internal auditory canal, serviceable hearing, vestibular schwannoma, ACOUSTIC NEUROMA SURGERY, AUDITORY-CANAL PRESSURE, FACIAL-NERVE FUNCTION, TUMOR SURGERY, PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS, MANAGEMENT, REMOVAL
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Object. Preservation of hearing has become a standard goal in selected patients undergoing surgery for a vestibular schwannoma (VS). This study was aimed at analyzing the role played by filling of the internal auditory canal (IAC) as well as those played by preoperative hearing quality, and tumor size in the postoperative preservation of serviceable hearing (SH).