ADVANCES IN SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ACOUSTIC NEUROMA
HAN Dongyi
CAI Chaochan
摘要：Acoustic Neuroma (AN) arises from the eighth cranial nerve.It primarily involves the vestibular branch of the nerve and is therefore also called vestibular schwannoma (VS).To the date,diagnosis and surgical treatment of AN have advanced significantly.Along with advances in audiology and imaging technologies,cases of diagnosed AN have been increasing,making it a common neurotologic disease.Currently,management is based upon the patient's age,tumor size,hearing in the diseased and contralateral ears and overall health,although surgical removal remains the primary treatment.As the surgical approaches and intraoperative monitoring of the facial and auditory nerves improve,outcomes of surgical treatment in AN have greatly improved.Ideally,surgery in AN would achieve complete tumor excision while minimizing complications for improved post-operative quality of life.Facial nerve protection and hearing preservation have been among the important focuses in surgical treatment in AN.
机标关键词：surgical treatmentintraoperative monitoringsurgical removalquality of life
论文发表日期：2012-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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