Preservation of facial and acoustic nerves in the total removal of large and small acoustic tumors. Report of two cases.
Two cases are presented in which an acoustic tumor was totally removed without the aid of an operating microscope. In one of them, a large lesion was excised, with restoration of the patient's hearing postoperatively. The anatomical problems are analyzed, and the relevant literature is reviewed briefly.
D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D005154:Facial Nerve; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve