Are facial nerve outcomes worse following surgery for cystic vestibular schwannoma?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Are facial nerve outcomes worse following surgery for cystic vestibular schwannoma?

AU - Jones, Stephen E.M.

AU - Baguley, David M.

AU - Moffat, David A.

PY - 2007/9/7

Y1 - 2007/9/7

N2 - Objectives: This study sought to determine explicitly whether postsurgical facial nerve outcomes for patients with a cystic component to a vestibular schwannoma were significantly different from those with a solid tumor. Design: Seventy patients who underwent translabyrinthine surgery for a cystic vestibular schwannoma between May 1981 and the present, and who had complete records in our database, were identified. These were compared with a group of patients with solid tumors matched to the study group on the following parameters: House-Brackmann grade at presentation, tumor size, surgical approach, age. Setting: Regional tertiary referral center. Participants: Adult patients with vestibular schwannomas. Main Outcome Measures: House-Brackmann score 2 years following surgery. Results: No significant difference was found between the two groups. Conclusions: The perceived difference in outcomes between cystic and solid vestibular schwannomas cannot be demonstrated when confounding factors such as tumor size are taken into account.

AB - Objectives: This study sought to determine explicitly whether postsurgical facial nerve outcomes for patients with a cystic component to a vestibular schwannoma were significantly different from those with a solid tumor. Design: Seventy patients who underwent translabyrinthine surgery for a cystic vestibular schwannoma between May 1981 and the present, and who had complete records in our database, were identified. These were compared with a group of patients with solid tumors matched to the study group on the following parameters: House-Brackmann grade at presentation, tumor size, surgical approach, age. Setting: Regional tertiary referral center. Participants: Adult patients with vestibular schwannomas. Main Outcome Measures: House-Brackmann score 2 years following surgery. Results: No significant difference was found between the two groups. Conclusions: The perceived difference in outcomes between cystic and solid vestibular schwannomas cannot be demonstrated when confounding factors such as tumor size are taken into account.

KW - Facial nerve

KW - Outcome measures

KW - Vestibular schwannoma

U2 - 10.1055/s-2007-986436

DO - 10.1055/s-2007-986436

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:35348887913

SN - 1531-5010

VL - 17

SP - 281

EP - 284

JO - Skull Base

JF - Skull Base

IS - 5

ER -