Publications by authors named "B Neff"
Objective: To analyze the use of electrical field imaging (EFI) in the detection of extracochlear electrodes in cochlear implants (CI).
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Tertiary academic medical center.
Objective: To compare the utility of intraoperative electrically evoked auditory brainstem response (eABR) and electrically evoked stapedial reflex testing (eSRT) for cochlear nerve integrity monitoring during simultaneous translabyrinthine resection of vestibular schwannoma (VS) and cochlear implantation.
Study Design: Historical cohort study.
Setting: Tertiary academic referral center.
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates the effectiveness of a "wait-and-scan" approach using MRI for managing patients with small to medium-sized vestibular schwannomas (VS), aiming to assess patient adherence to follow-up.
- Over six years, 270 patients were tracked, revealing that 27% were completely lost to follow-up before receiving treatment, while another 22% missed scheduled MRI follow-ups.
- The research identified key factors for loss to follow-up, including living out of state and having smaller tumor sizes, indicating that distance and tumor characteristics significantly impact patient adherence to recommended imaging surveillance.
Malignant transformation of vestibular schwannomas (VSs), though rare, demands a comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment approach to optimize patient outcomes. We present a rare case of malignant transformation in a VS after radiation treatment in a 58-year-old woman (Video 1). Initially diagnosed with a right cerebellopontine angle VS, the patient underwent CyberKnife (Accuray, Madison, Wisconsin, USA) treatment 16 years ago, receiving 18 Gy across 3 fractions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Describe a single institution's cochlear implant outcomes for patients with inner ear schwannomas (IES) in the setting of various tumor management strategies (observation, surgical resection, or stereotactic radiosurgery [SRS]).
Study Design: Single-institution retrospective review.
Patients: Patients diagnosed with isolated, sporadic IES who underwent cochlear implantation (CI).