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1403107

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
The late course of preserved hearing and tinnitus following retrosigmoid transmeatal surgery for acoustic neurilemoma is reported. Over a period of 5 years, useful hearing was preserved in 15 patients after preservation was attempted in 42 patients. In five patients the hearing was better than the preoperative level; in three it was worse. Three patients developed delayed worsening and fluctuations of hearing in the surgically treated ear during a median follow-up period of 2 1/2 years. While the exact reason for such worsening was not clear in two patients, in one patient it appeared that the muscle graft placed in the internal auditory canal after tumor resection resulted in fibrosis and compromise of the cochlear nerve. The causes of delayed worsening of hearing in the absence of tumor recurrence are analyzed, and possible treatment and methods of prevention of worsening are suggested. In six patients, tinnitus persisted after surgery in the ear with successful preservation of hearing, but hearing was not worsened and the tinnitus was not bothersome to the patient. In one patient with preoperative tinnitus, hearing was not preserved and tinnitus persisted sufficiently to necessitate reexploration and cochlear nerve section.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
685-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Late course of preserved hearing and tinnitus after acoustic neurilemoma surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Surgery, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article