The diagnosis and management of cerebellopontine angle tumors.
The diagnosis and surgical management of cerebellopontine angle tumors remains a challenge. Early detection and microsurgical technique have lowered mortality rates and have allowed surgeons to preserve facial nerve function in a high percentage of cases. The purpose of this paper is to report a series of 171 lesions removed through the middle fossa, translabyrinthine, and combined translabyrinthine-suboccipital approaches. Results and complications are covered in detail.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001299:Audiometry; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000601:surgery*; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications; D004423:Ear / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed