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3265255

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
The results from the Danish model of acoustic neuroma surgery are presented. In the period from 1976 to 1985, 300 patients with acoustic neuromas were operated upon using the translabyrinthine procedure. There were one small intrameatal tumour; 96 medium-sized tumours with an extrameatal diameter up to 25 mm; 85 large tumours, measuring 26-40 mm, and 118 very large tumours with a diameter exceeding 40 mm. The mortality rate was 2%, and CSF leak occurred in 11%, persisting for more than 2 weeks in 5% of the patients in whom the fistula had to be closed operatively. Facial nerve function was completely normal in 66%, slightly reduced in 17%, moderately reduced in 8% and abolished in 9%. The facial nerve was anatomically preserved in 95% of the patients. Reconstruction of the facial nerve, most often an XII-VII anastomosis, was performed in only 6% of the patients. Cerebellar symptoms, occurring in 45% preoperatively, were demonstrated in only 7% postoperatively. We find that a standardization of the measurement of tumor size and of the assessment of sequelae changes is urgently needed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0365-5237
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
452
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Results of translabyrinthine removal of 300 acoustic neuromas related to tumour size.
pubmed:affiliation
ENT University Department, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article