Acoustic Neuroma: Viewpoint—Surgery

摘要: Acoustic neuromas are the most common tumors to arise in cerebello-pontine angle. Treatment options for these typically benign include observation, radiosurgery, microsurgical excision, or a combination of modalities. Ideally, complementary employment each strategies can be selected optimize individualized patient outcomes. Although radiosurgical techniques have improved over past several decades, surgical excision continues play major, and sometimes preferable, role management acoustic many patients. In particular, is recommended our practice patients with larger (over 3 cm diameter), tumor progression following younger patients, who prefer undergo excision. Safety efficacy rates associated resection excellent experienced centers, especially when more conservative facial nerve brainstem preservation employed.