title: Translabyrinthine removal of cerebellopontine angle meningiomas.
abstract: The authors report two cases of the microscopic total removal of meningiomas in the region of the cerebellopontine angle using the translabyrinthine approach. Although both tumors were larger than 4 cm, the only resulting neurological deficit was ipsilateral hearing loss. The translabyrinthine approach may be an alternative measure in dealing with these difficult lesions.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D020220:Facial Nerve Injuries; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D061285:Vestibulocochlear Nerve Injuries