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Facial Nerve Outcome and Tumor Control Rate as a Function of Degree of Resection in Treatment of Large Acoustic Neuromas: Preliminary Report of the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study (ANSRS)
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Facial Nerve Outcome and Tumor Control Rate as a Function of Degree of Resection in Treatment of Large Acoustic Neuromas: Preliminary Report of the Acoustic Neuroma Subtotal Resection Study (ANSRS)

Ashkan Monfared, Carlton E Corrales, Philip V Theodosopoulos, Nikolas H Blevins, John S Oghalai, Samuel H Selesnick, Howard Lee, Richard K Gurgel, Marlan R Hansen, Rick F Nelson, …
Neurosurgery, Vol.79(2), pp.194-203
08/2016
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001162
PMID: 26645964

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Abstract

Patients with large vestibular schwannomas are at high risk of poor facial nerve (cranial nerve VII [CNVII]) function after surgery. Subtotal resection potentially offers better outcome, but may lead to higher tumor regrowth.
Humans Middle Aged Risk Factors Neuroma, Acoustic - surgery Male Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Neoplasm, Residual Adult Female Neuroma, Acoustic - pathology Aged Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology Facial Nerve - physiopathology Cohort Studies Facial Nerve Injuries - epidemiology

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