title: Preservation of facial and acoustic nerves in the total removal of large and small acoustic tumors. Report of two cases.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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