The lateral approach to acoustic tumors.

摘要: The surgical experience of a decade acoustic tumor surgery is discussed. This series involves 106 operations. A plea made to use the “lateral” approach cerebellopontine angle which combines trans-labyrinthine and retrosinal routes when necessary. facial nerve preserved in 88% patients using this mortality rate only 1 or 2%. most common complication cerebrospinal fluid leakage. posterior, suboccipital tumors condemned. Statistics are presented that make argument “hearing preservation” by academic. Only 11% had “good” hearing preoperatively all these normal opposite ear.