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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Friedman, Rick A
• Kesser, Bradley
• Brackmann, Derald E
• Fisher, Laurel M
• Slattery, William H
• Hitselberger, William E

Titel

Long-term hearing preservation after middle fossa removal of vestibular schwannoma

Ist Teil von

• Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, 2003-12, Vol.129 (6), p.660-665

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: Mosby, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We sought to determine long-term hearing preservation in vestibular schwannoma patients after undergoing middle fossa resection. We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients undergoing middle fossa resection from 1990 to 1995 at a tertiary care center. Pure-tone thresholds, before resection and at least 5 years after resection, and speech discrimination scores are reported. Seventy percent of patients with immediate postoperative hearing maintained serviceable hearing at more than 5 years after surgery. Pure-tone average in the operative ear changed at the same rate as hearing in the unoperated ear during this follow-up period. More than two thirds of patients who underwent middle fossa resection of a vestibular schwannoma with some hearing postoperatively maintain that hearing at greater than 5 years of follow-up. Surgery alone does not have a negative impact on long-term hearing preservation.