Hearing preservation after modified translabyrinthine approach performed to remove a vestibular schwannoma.

Hearing preservation after surgical removal of a vestibular schwannoma by a modified translabyrinthine approach was initially reported by McElveen et al in 1991. We report the case of a 46-year-old man from whom a vestibular schwannoma (grade I) was removed by this approach. The patient's hearing was preserved and was stable after 21 months.