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Hearing preservation surgery in vestibular schwannoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2006

Tarek Khrais  and
Mario Sanna
Tarek Khrais
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan
Mario Sanna
Affiliation:
Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza–Rome, Italy
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Abstract

Objectives: To study the effect of pre-operative hearing level and tumour size on the hearing outcome of hearing preservation surgery for vestibular schwannoma.

Study design and setting: A review of literature conducted at Gruppo Otologico, a tertiary referral centre for neurotology and skull base surgery.

Results: A total of 1993 patients in 16 publications addressing the topic of hearing preservation surgery in vestibular schwannoma were analysed. The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery hearing classification system was the classification upon which we based our analysis.

Conclusion: Defining hearing preservation as class-A hearing, there was a strong inverse relationship between pre-operative hearing and post-operative hearing levels and between tumour size and post-operative hearing levels.

Keywords

Acoustic NeuromaOtological Surgical ProceduresPost-operative ComplicationsHearing
Type
Review Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 120 , Issue 5 , May 2006 , pp. 366 - 370
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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