Retrosigmoid Craniectomy for Vestibular Schwannoma with Hearing Preservation

Abstract Objectives  To describe a retrosigmoid craniectomy, hearing-preservation approach for resection of vestibular schwannoma. Design/Setting/Participants  A video of a single patient undergoing the above approach at a tertiary care skull base surgery program. Results  This video demonstrates a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base Skull base, 2019-06, Vol.80 (S 03), p.S274-S275
Main Authors: Tolisano, Anthony M., Patel, Ankur R., Barnett, Samuel L., Isaacson, Brandon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Skull Base: Operative Videos
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Abstract Objectives  To describe a retrosigmoid craniectomy, hearing-preservation approach for resection of vestibular schwannoma. Design/Setting/Participants  A video of a single patient undergoing the above approach at a tertiary care skull base surgery program. Results  This video demonstrates a retrosigmoid craniectomy approach for resection of an enlarging intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma in a patient with normal hearing. The video highlights the pertinent surgical anatomy and outlines in a step-by-step fashion the surgical steps. The patient obtained a gross total resection with preservation of hearing. Conclusion  A retrosigmoid craniectomy approach for vestibular schwannoma offers a potentially hearing preservation approach for selected tumors. The link to the video can be found at: https://youtu.be/VM663XztRZw .
ISSN:2193-6331
2193-634X
DOI:10.1055/s-0038-1675148