Vestibular schwannoma: predictive factors of long-term postoperative neurological outcome.

Conclusion: Tumor size, presence of NFT II, type of surgical approach and number of surgeries were identified as predictive factors of functional sequelae in long-term follow-up after VS surgery.HighlightsOne-third of our patients presented some degree of disability that impact in autonomy (mRS ≥ 3) in the late postoperative period.Tumor size, NFII, surgical approach were predictive to comprise independency.Considering the cranial nerve monitoring and late diagnosis, our results can give some contribution to understanding the Brazilian profile of VS surgery.Our findings suggests the need to look over what it is well recognized and identify aspects that affect the prognosis such as functional disabilities in VS surgery. PMID: 32049576 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research