Incidence and Risk Factors of Delayed Facial Palsy After Vestibular Schwannoma Resection.

Background: Preservation of facial nerve function following vestibular schwannoma surgery is a high priority. Even those patients with normal to near-normal function in the early postoperative period remain at risk for delayed facial palsy (DFP).

Objective: To evaluate the incidence and prognosis of DFP and to identify risk factors for its occurrence.

Long-term quality of life in patients with vestibular schwannoma: an international multicenter cross-sectional study comparing microsurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, observation, and nontumor controls.

Object: The optimal treatment for sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS) is highly controversial. To date, the majority of studies comparing treatment modalities have focused on a narrow scope of technical outcomes including facial function, hearing status, and tumor control. Very few publications have investigated health-related quality of life (HRQOL) differences between individual treatment groups, and none have used a disease-specific HRQOL instrument.

The significance of intraoperative electromyographic "lateral spread" in predicting outcome of microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm.

Objectives: During microvascular decompression (MVD) of the facial nerve for hemifacial spasm (HFS), an abnormal muscle response can be recorded upon stimulation of the facial nerve, also known as the lateral spread response. This response may vanish after MVD and has been associated with a successful outcome. The purpose of this study was to determine if resolution of lateral spread correlated with the elimination of HFS in a single surgeon's experience.

Herpes simplex meningitis after removal of a vestibular schwannoma: case report and review of the literature.

Objective: We present a case of postoperative herpes simplex type 1 viral meningitis after retrosigmoid craniotomy and uncomplicated removal of a vestibular schwannoma. This is a very rare complication that can mimic aseptic meningitis and could lead to devastating consequences for the patient, if unrecognized.

Patient: A healthy 49-year-old woman underwent retrosigmoid craniotomy and resection of a 2.

Magnetic resonance imaging surveillance following vestibular schwannoma resection.

Objectives/hypothesis: To describe the incidence, pattern, and course of postoperative enhancement within the operative bed using serial gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) following vestibular schwannoma (VS) resection and to identify clinical and radiologic variables associated with recurrence.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: All patients who underwent microsurgical resection of VS between January 2000 and January 2010 at a single tertiary referral center were reviewed.