Hearing preservation surgery for vestibular schwannoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
ACTA OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICA ITALICA(2024)
Abstract
The aim of this systematic review is to analyse the role of hearing preservation surgery for vestibular schwannoma. The complications and hearing outcomes of the single surgical techniques were investigated and compared with those of less invasive strategies, such as stereotactic radiotherapy and wait and scan policy. This systematic review and meta -analysis was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines. All included studies were published in English between 2000 and 2022. Literature data show that hearing preservation is achieved in less than 25% of patients after surgery and in approximately half of cases after stereotactic radiotherapy, even if data on long-term preservation are currently not available.
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Key words
vestibular schwannoma,acoustic neuroma,hearing preservation,microsurgery,retrosigmoid approach,middle fossa approach,stereotactic radiosurgery
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