This paper reviews the principal English literature on hearing preservation in unilateral
acoustic neuroma surgery. Seventeen case reports and 13 surgical series are included. In …

OBJECTIVE: The realistic chances of hearing preservation and the comparability of
international results on hearing preservation in complete microsurgical vestibular …

Object. The authors studied the relationships between tumor size, location, and topographic
position relative to the intact facial nerve bundles in acoustic neurinomas to determine the …

BACKGROUND: The complication of the posterior fossa surgery is seldom described in the
literature. The purposes of this retrospective study are to draw attention to the potential …

OBJECTIVE: Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) affect young patients with Neurofibromatosis 2
(NF-2) and cause very serious problems for hearing, facial expression, and brain stem …

✓ Since 1984 when cranial nerve monitoring became routinely performed at the Mayo
Clinic, 255 patients have undergone 256 procedures using the retrosigmoid approach for …

✓ Preservation of hearing was attempted in 161 cases of histologically confirmed acoustic
neuroma removed by the senior author between January 1, 1970, and September 30, 1991 …

Brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) changes during intraoperative monitoring may
reflect damage to or potentially reversible dysfunction of the ear, the eighth nerve, or the …

OBJECTIVE: The nerve function of Cranial Nerve VIII is at risk during microvascular
decompression for hemifacial spasm. Intraoperative monitoring of brainstem auditory …

✓ The authors have reviewed hearing results obtained in 99 patients operated on via the
suboccipital approach for acoustic neurinoma, who were not deaf prior to surgery (pure tone …