| Autor: |
Smith PG; Center for Cranial Base Surgery, St. Johns Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri., Bigelow DC, Kletzker GR, Leonetti JP, Pugh BK, Mishler ET |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The American journal of otology [Am J Otol] 1993 Sep; Vol. 14 (5), pp. 434-6. |
| DOI: |
10.1097/00129492-199309000-00003 |
| Abstrakt: |
The transtemporal or translabyrinthine approach is generally regarded as the most reliable method of ensuring total tumor removal and preservation of facial nerve function in the resection of a cerebellopontine angle tumor. This is particularly true in removing a tumor that has a significant extension into the patient's internal auditory canal. An anticipated deficit associated with the approach is a total hearing loss in the patient's hearing on the operated side. We have encountered a patient, however, who was serially documented as having serviceable hearing after a transtemporal removal of an acoustic schwannoma. Plausible reasons for the functional preservation of some of this patient's hearing are included in the discussion. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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