| Literature DB >> 27565388 |
Daniele Marchioni1, Marco Carner1, Alessia Rubini2, João Flávio Nogueira3, Barbara Masotto4, Matteo Alicandri-Ciufelli5, Livio Presutti6.
Abstract
Surgical approaches to vestibular schwannomas (VS) are widely known and extensively recorded. For the first time, an exclusive endoscopic approach to the internal acoustic canal (IAC) was described and used to safely remove a cochlear schwannoma involving IAC in March 2012. The aim of this article was to summarize indications and technique to treat intracanalicular VS by transcanal/transpromontorial endoscopic approach. Because management of intracanalicular VSs is complex and strongly debated, this kind of therapeutic option in the appropriate and selected cases could modify classic concepts of the management of this pathology.Entities:
Keywords: Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve; Internal auditory canal; Transcanal/Transpromontorial endoscopic approach
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27565388 DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2016.05.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Otolaryngol Clin North Am ISSN: 0030-6665 Impact factor: 3.346