Long-Term Outcomes of the Electrically Unresponsive, Anatomically Intact Facial Nerve Following Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
Conclusion Intraoperative conduction block does not condemn a patient to permanent FN palsy. There is potential for a degree of recovery comparable with those undergoing nerve grafting. Our data do not clearly support a policy of same-surgery or early-postoperative primary nerve grafting in the event of a complete conduction block, and instead we favor monitoring for recovery in an anatomically intact nerve. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | Full text
Source: Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Shoakazemi, Alireza Feria, Alejandro Kanakis, Constantine E. Stapleton, Emma Pathmanaban, Omar N. Freeman, Simon R. Lloyd, Simon Rutherford, Scott A. King, Andrew Thomas Hammerbeck-Ward, Charlotte L. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research