Stripping surgery in facial nerve schwannomas with favorable facial nerve function.
OBJECTIVE
We report 18 cases of facial nerve schwannomas in which stripping surgery was attempted to preserve facial nerve integrity and favorable facial nerve function.


METHODS
We attempted stripping surgery on 18 cases of facial nerve schwannomas. Postoperative facial nerve function was evaluated.


RESULTS
Stripping surgery was successfully achieved in 11 cases, and facial nerve decompression was performed on the remaining 7 cases in which stripping surgery was impossible. Favorable facial nerve function was successfully maintained in all cases who underwent stripping surgery and 5 of 7 cases who underwent facial nerve decompression.


CONCLUSIONS
It was possible to accomplish stripping surgery in most cases with favorable facial nerve function, which maintained good facial nerve function after total tumor removal.
Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, and School of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Jinan.
Yi
Y
Sun
Department of Neurosurgery, The Sixth People Hospital of Jinan.
Bo
B
Xing
Department of Neurosurgery, The Sixth People Hospital of Jinan.
Shaolong
S
Han
Department of Neurosurgery, The Sixth People Hospital of Jinan.
Tao
T
Li
Department of Neurosurgery, The Sixth People Hospital of Jinan.
Zheng
Z
Guo
Department of Otolaryngology, Peking University Health Science Center.
Daowen
D
Wang
Department of Neurosurgery, Shandong Cancer Hospital. Electronic address: taorj201502@163.com.
Rongjie
R
Tao
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult