Acoustic neuroma and the suboccipital approach (1967-1972).
The goal of successful acoustic tumor surgery is to totally remove the tumor and preserve neurologic function. This paper reviews 132 patients, with particular emphasis on the hospital mortality rate, total removal of the neoplasm, and preservation of facial function and, in 3 instances, hearing.
D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008910:Minnesota; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000601:surgery*