Translabyrinthine surgery of acoustic neurinoma.
In translabyrinthine and translabyrinthine-suboccipital removal of 47 acoustic tumours, the mortality rate was 2.1%; among 18 large tumours, 5.6%. The facial nerve was preserved in 89%, and 80% had normal facial nerve function. 98% of the tumours were removed in toto, including 17% where the tumour remnant was removed by the suboccipital approach one week after the translabyrinthine operation.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003718:Denmark; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography