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 …

OBJECTIVE: In this article, we review the surgical outcomes of 179 patients with acoustic
neuromas. METHODS: Most of the tumors (84%) were operated on using a retrosigmoid …

Ipsilateral Cochlear Implantation After Cochlear Nerve Prese... : Otology & Neurotology
Ipsilateral Cochlear Implantation After Cochlear Nerve Preserving Vestibular Schwannoma …

Object Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring has become an integral part of
vestibular schwannoma surgery. The aim of this article was to review the different …

Object Widespread use of MR imaging has contributed to the more frequent diagnosis of
vestibular schwannomas (VSs). These tumors represent 10% of primary adult intracranial …

Identification of the specific pathophysiological processes and correlation with post-
operative hearing are the prerequisites for utilizing electrophysiological audiomonitoring …

Neurosurgical procedures involving the skull base and structures within can pose a
significant risk of damage to the brain stem and cranial nerves. This can have life …

OBJECTIVE: Endoscopes have been increasingly used during neurosurgical procedures.
Previously, they have been shown to offer better visualization than the microscope in …

✓ In a series of 514 consecutive operations for complete excision of acoustic neuromas, 94
procedures were performed via a retrosigmoid approach to preserve the patient's hearing …

Three hundred sixty‐four patients referred to the Chicago Otology Group for acoustic tumor
removal between 1981 and 1995 were reviewed in a retrospective fashion. Of this group, 60 …