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Contributors: H. Jeffrey Kim
The translabyrinthine approach has often been reserved for large acoustic neuromas because it requires less retraction on the cerebellum when compared to the retrosigmoid approach for a similar tumor. However, the translabyrinthine approach is equally useful for smaller tumors, when the patients has no residual ipsilateral hearing. It allows for early visualization of the facial nerve, and thus better protection of this crucial nerve.
DOI #: http://dx.doi.org/10.17797/168b12z8m4
Translabyrinthine approach for resection of acoustic neuroma
Acoustic neuroma in patient with no residual ipsilateral hearing
small tumor with usable ipsilateral hearing
microscope
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CT of temporal bone
MRI of brain
interal acoustic meatus
facial nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve
brainstem
injuries to venous sinues, facial nerve, brainstem
CSF leak
injuries to venous sinues, facial nerve, brainstem
CSF leak
N/A
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