Surgery for sporadic vestibular schwannoma. Part III: Facial and auditory nerve function

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摘要 OBJECTIVETheaimofthisanalysiswastoassessshort-termandlong-termoutcomeswithrespecttothepreservationoffacialandauditorynervefunctionfollowingsurgeryforsporadicvestibularsehwannomas.MATERIALANDMETHODSThestudyincluded220consecutivepatientsoperatedonwiththeretrosigmoid(217)ortranslabyrinthine(3)approach.Themeanextrameataldiameterofthetumorwas30mm.In217patients,grosstotalresectionwasperformedandnear-totalin3.Beforesurgery,thefacialnerve(CNVII)weaknesswasfoundin18%ofpatientsandonly20%hadserviceablehearing.IntraoperativeneurophysiologicalCNVIImonitoringwasroutinelyused(thelast211procedures).Intraoperativemonitoringofthecochlearnervefunctionwasusedwhenthepreservationofhearingwasattempted(45procedures).RESULTSTherateofCNVIIcontinuitylossduringsurgerywas11%,however,thisdecreasedto6%inthesecondhalfoftheseries.Facialnervefunctiondeteriorated,in88%ofthepatientsshortlyaftersurgery.However,itimprovedin87%infollow-up.DelayedCNVIIpalsywasfoundin5%ofthepatientsandhadagoodprognosisin88%.FinalsatisfactoryCNVIIfunction(CNVII-SF,HBgradesⅠ-Ⅲ)wasachievedin76%ofthepatientswhenexcludingtheanastomosisresults,and87%whenincludingthem.Inrecentyears,therateofCNVII-SFhasrisento94%.Non-serviceablehearingwaspreservedin49%ofthepatients,onwhomitwasattempted.CONCLUSIONConsideringthesizeofthetumorsandextentoftheresections,thepreservationofCNVIIfunctioniscurrentlyveryhigh.AclosesurveillanceofCNVIIfunctionevolutionfollowingsurgeryismandatory,as2/3ofthepatientsdischargedwithdeepparesiswillneeddifferentfacereanimationprocedures.Thepreservationofusefulhearingisstillproblematic,especiallyinpatientswithlargetumor.
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出版日期 2015年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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