Posture and central compensation after acoustic neurinoma surgery.
After acoustic neurinoma surgery via the enlarged middle cranial fossa approach the patients usually benefit from a good prognosis of the vestibular compensation, almost independent of the size of the tumour and of the patient's age, if the central vestibular pathways were not injured. Only 8% of the patients showed a reduced vestibular compensation. The success and gradation of the vestibular compensation in diseases with a permanent labyrinthine loss, even though after acoustic neurinoma surgery, can easily be classified by the so-called vestibular-index.
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Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011187:Posture; D011379:Prognosis; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000503:physiopathology*