title: Preservation of function in vestibular schwannoma surgery.
abstract: The management and surgical technique for microsurgical tumor removal of vestibular schwannomas (acoustic neuroma) with the suboccipital retrosigmoid approach and semi-sitting patient positioning is described. An emphasis is placed on the preservation of auditory and facial nerve function with a stepwise description of the technical and operative nuances, including presurgical evaluation, positioning, anesthesiological and neurophysiological aspects, approach, microsurgical techniques, and postsurgical care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, International Neuroscience Institute, Hannover, Germany. alireza.gharabaghi@uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gharabaghi
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samii
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koerbel
authors.forename: Steffen K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rosahl
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatagiba
authors.forename: Madjid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samii
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*