Open AccessFacial functional outcome in monitored versus not-monitored patients in vestibular schwannomas surgery
Author(s) -
Graziano Taddei,
Alfonso Marrelli,
Donatella Trovarelli,
Alessandro Ricci,
Renato Galzio
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.144208
Subject(s) - medicine , facial nerve , schwannoma , vestibular system , surgery , audiology
Even though advances in surgical techniques have improved facial nerve outcomes, functional preservation is still an issue because injury to the facial nerve has significant physical and psychological consequences for the patient. We retrospectively review our data in VS surgery to compare the facial outcome in intraoperative facial monitored versus not-monitored patients.