Staging in Vestibular SchwannomaSurgery : A Modified Technique

• Published in: Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society pp. 57 - 60
• Main Authors: 김일만, 남성일
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 대한신경외과학회 01.01.2008
• Subjects: 신경외과학
• ISSN: 2005-3711; 1598-7876

The authors herein propose the staged excision as a novel strategy to preserve facial nerve and minimize complication during microsurgery of large vestibular schwannoma (VS). At the first stage, for reducing mass effect on the brain stem and cerebellum, subtotal tumor resection was performed via a retrosigmoid craniotomy without intervention of meatal portion of tumor. With total resection of the remaining tumor, the facial nerve was decompressed and delineated during the second stage translabyrinthine approach at a later date. A 38-year-old female who underwent the staging operation for resection of her huge VS is illustrated. KCI Citation Count: 1