Abstract | OBJECTIVES: STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Quaternary referral skull base center. METHODS: Thirty-eight NF2 patients who had undergone 48 operations at the Gruppo Otologico between January 1988 and December 2008. The mean age at time of surgery was 36.3 years (range, 17-65 yr), and the average tumor size was 3.1 cm (range, 0.6-6 cm). There were 27 female and 21 male ears, and 25 cases were right side ears, whereas 23 were left sided. The average follow-up time was 3.7 years. Surgical approaches, hearing, and facial nerve functions, as well as hearing rehabilitation and facial nerve reconstruction outcomes, are discussed. RESULTS: Total tumor resection was achieved in 44 cases (92%). Facial nerve function was postoperatively House-Brackmann grades I-III in 36 cases (77%); it was grade I in 17 cases (35%) and grade II in 8 cases (17%). In 7 cases, hearing preservation was attempted, and a measurable hearing has been recorded in 5 cases (71%). Auditory brainstem implant was inserted in 25 cases, and concomitant cochlear implants were inserted in 5 cases. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Haitham Ahmad Odat, Enrico Piccirillo, Giuliano Sequino, Abdelkader Taibah, Mario Sanna |
Journal | Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
(Otol Neurotol)
Vol. 32
Issue 7
Pg. 1163-70
(Sep 2011)
ISSN: 1537-4505 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21817944
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Cochlear Implantation
- Cochlear Implants
- Facial Nerve
(physiopathology, surgery)
- Female
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
(etiology, rehabilitation, surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neurofibromatosis 2
(complications, surgery)
- Neuroma, Acoustic
(complications, surgery)
- Retrospective Studies
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