Hearing preservation in acoustic tumor surgery: Results and prognostic factors

A retrospective study was conducted to assess the hearing results in patients who underwent acoustic neuroma removal via the middle fossa approach. A statistical correlation of results with preoperative clinical and audiological data determined if any prognostic indicators could be associated with successful hearing preservation. Of 93 patients included in the study, useful hearing was preserved in 54 (58%), and hearing was preserved near preoperative levels in 42 (45%). The potential for hearing preservation appeared to be inversely related to the size of the acoustic tumor, with hearing preserved in 39 (60%) of 65 patients with tumors less than or equal to 0.5 cm extension into the cerebellopontine angle. Preoperative hearing levels and electronystagmography seemed to have no prognostic value. However, auditory brainstem response showed that a wave V latency of less than 6.8 msec was associated with an increased chance of hearing preservation, and the presence of vertigo as a preoperative complaint appeared to be a good prognostic indicator of successful hearing preservation.

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