Surgery for vestibular schwannomas: a systematic review of complications by approach

SF Ansari, C Terry, AA Cohen-Gadol - Neurosurgical focus, 2012 - thejns.org
Object Various studies report outcomes of vestibular schwannoma (VS) surgery, but few
studies have compared outcomes across the various approaches. The authors conducted a …

Surgical management for large vestibular schwannomas: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section

D Starnoni, L Giammattei, G Cossu, MJ Link… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Background and objective The optimal management of large vestibular schwannomas
continues to be debated. We constituted a task force comprising the members of the EANS …

Facial nerve outcomes after surgery for large vestibular schwannomas: do surgical approach and extent of resection matter?

RK Gurgel, S Dogru, RL Amdur, A Monfared - Neurosurgical focus, 2012 - thejns.org
Object The object of this study was to evaluate facial nerve outcomes in the surgical
treatment of large vestibular schwannomas (VSs;≥ 2.5 cm maximal or extrameatal …

Middle fossa approach for vestibular schwannoma: good hearing and facial nerve outcomes with low morbidity

A Raheja, CA Bowers, JD MacDonald, C Shelton… - World neurosurgery, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective The middle fossa approach (MFA) is not used as frequently as the traditional
translabyrinthine and retrosigmoid approaches for accessing vestibular schwannomas …

[PDF][PDF] Middle cranial fossa approach for sporadic vestibular schwannoma: patient selection, technical pearls, and hearing results

RG Kashani, A Kocharyan, AD Claussen… - … Clinics of North America, 2023 - Elsevier
The MCF approach is an excellent technique for removing primarily intracanalicular VS in
patients with serviceable hearing. Knowledge of the intricate middle fossa anatomy is …

Microsurgical management of vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma): facial nerve outcomes, radiographic analysis, complications, and long-term follow-up in a …

NR Khan, T Elarjani, AM Jamshidi, SH Chen… - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of this study is to retrospectively evaluate the clinical and surgical
outcomes of a large surgical series of vestibular schwannoma from North America over 20 …

Clinical Studies and Pre-clinical Animal Models on Facial Nerve Preservation, Reconstruction, and Regeneration Following Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor Surgery–A …

IC Hostettler, N Jayashankar, C Bikis… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background and purpose: Tumorous lesions developing in the cerebellopontine angle
(CPA) get into close contact with the 1st (cisternal) and 2nd (meatal) intra-arachnoidal …

[HTML][HTML] Morbidity rate of the retrosigmoid versus translabyrinthine approach for vestibular schwannoma resection

S Obaid, I Nikolaidis, M Alzahrani… - Journal of Audiology …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Tumor resection was similar in both groups. Facial paresis was significantly greater
in RS group patients preoperatively, in the immediate postoperative period and at one year …

Stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas: reducing toxicity with 11 Gy as the marginal prescribed dose

G Dupic, M Urcissin, T Mom, P Verrelle… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a common treatment option for vestibular
schwannomas. Historically, a dose de-escalation of the marginal prescribed dose from 16 …

[HTML][HTML] Nonvestibular schwannoma tumors in the cerebellopontine angle: a single-surgeon experience

V Kankane, A Warade, B Misra - Asian journal of neurosurgery, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Background: The most common cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumor is a vestibular
schwannoma. Schwannomas account for 8.5% of all intracranial tumors and more than 90 …