title: Factors which influence the facial nerve outcome in vestibular schwannoma surgery.
abstract: A series of 276 patients with a unilateral vestibular schwannoma has been analysed with respect to the factors affecting post-operative facial nerve outcome. Age, tumour size, operative approach and the use of intra-operative facial nerve monitoring have been examined. The tumours were removed via either a translabyrinthine or a retrosigmoid approach. In this series increasing age and increasing tumour size were associated with a worse facial nerve outcome. The use of intra-operative facial nerve monitoring and the retrosigmoid approach were both associated with a better facial nerve outcome. Those patients having a retrosigmoid approach had a facial nerve result that was over one House grade better than those having translabyrinthine tumour removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otoneurological and Skull Base Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grey
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moffat
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Baguley
mesh_terms: D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome