title: Translabyrinthine resection of small intracanalicular acoustic tumor.
abstract: This case is an example of a translabyrinthine resection of a small intracanalicular acoustic tumor. The patient is a 69-year-old right-handed woman with complaints of progressive incapacitating vertigo and right-sided hearing loss worsening over the past 3 years. She had normal facial nerve function with imaging demonstrating progressive increase in size of a small right-sided acoustic tumor. A translabyrinthine approach was performed, and the mass was resected completely. Facial nerve function remained normal immediately after surgery. The video can be found here: http://youtu.be/27ARlLLSbKE .
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karampelas
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wick
authors.forename: Maroun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Semaan
authors.forename: Cliff A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Megerian
authors.forename: Nicholas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Bambakidis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome