Retrosigmoid-transmeatal en bloc removal of small to medium-sized acoustic neuromas

• Published in: Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery Vol. 120; no. 1; p. 122
• Main Authors: Colletti, V, Fiorino, F G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.1999
• Subjects: Action Potentials; Adult; Aged; Cochlea - physiopathology; Facial Nerve - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neuroma, Acoustic - physiopathology; Neuroma, Acoustic - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome

One hundred three subjects with acoustic neuroma (AN) underwent surgery--involving a retrosigmoid-transmeatal approach--between January 1990 and December 1995. All the intracanalar tumors (n = 18) and 70 of the intra- and extracanalar neuromas with an extracanalar neuroma size less than 25 mm--a tot...