Treatment of vestibular schwannomas. Why, when and how?

E Myrseth, PH Pedersen, P Møller… - Acta neurochirurgica, 2007 - Springer
Sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS) causes unilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and
unsteadiness. In many cases, the tumour size may remain unchanged for many years …

Facial nerve monitoring during cerebellopontine angle and skull base tumor surgery: a systematic review from description to current success on function prediction

MA Acioly, M Liebsch, PHP de Aguiar, M Tatagiba - World neurosurgery, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Intraoperative neuromonitoring has been established as one of the methods by
which modern neurosurgery can improve surgical results while reducing morbidity. Despite …

Factors associated with preservation of facial nerve function after surgical resection of vestibular schwannoma

O Bloch, ME Sughrue, R Kaur, AJ Kane… - Journal of neuro …, 2011 - Springer
Avoidance of facial nerve palsy is one of the major goals of vestibular schwannoma (VS)
microsurgery. In this study, we examined the significance of previously implicated prognostic …

Train time as a quantitative electromyographic parameter for facial nerve function in patients undergoing surgery for vestibular schwannoma

J Prell, S Rampp, J Romstöck, R Fahlbusch… - Journal of …, 2007 - thejns.org
Object The authors describe a quantitative electromyographic (EMG) parameter for
intraoperative monitoring of facial nerve function during vestibular schwannoma removal …

Intraoperative continuous monitoring of evoked facial nerve electromyograms in acoustic neuroma surgery

M Amano, M Kohno, O Nagata, M Taniguchi, S Sora… - Acta …, 2011 - Springer
Background Preservation of facial nerve function is one of the most important goals in
acoustic neuroma surgery. We have been using intraoperative continuous monitoring of …

Management of vestibular schwannoma (including NF2): facial nerve considerations

V Kaul, MK Cosetti - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 2018 - oto.theclinics.com
Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are benign tumors derived from Schwann cells of the
vestibular portion of cranial nerve (CN) VIII and can occur in the internal auditory canal (IAC) …

Facial nerve motor-evoked potential monitoring during skull base surgery predicts facial nerve outcome

M Fukuda, M Oishi, T Takao, A Saito… - Journal of Neurology …, 2008 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: To determine whether monitoring facial nerve motor-evoked potentials (FNMEPs)
elicited by transcranial electrical stimulation during skull base tumour surgery is useful for …

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in vestibular schwannoma surgery: advances and clinical implications

AS Youssef, AE Downes - Neurosurgical focus, 2009 - thejns.org
Object Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring has become an integral part of
vestibular schwannoma surgery. The aim of this article was to review the different …

Clinical predictors of facial nerve outcomes after surgical resection of vestibular schwannoma

Y Ren, BV MacDonald, KO Tawfik… - … –Head and Neck …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To identify clinical predictors of facial nerve (FN) outcomes after microsurgical
resection of vestibular schwannoma (VS). Study Design Prospective cohort study. Setting …

A model for early prediction of facial nerve recovery after vestibular schwannoma surgery

A Rivas, KD Boahene, HC Bravo, M Tan… - Otology & …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To identify early predictors of long-term facial nerve function after vestibular
schwannoma resection. Study Design: Retrospective chart review. Setting: Tertiary referral …