Quality of life in vestibular schwannoma: a comparison of three surgical techniques

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Quality of life in vestibular schwannoma: a comparison of three surgical techniques Via http://link.springer.com/journal/405,European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology,The European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06855-w. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Through years, interest in quality of life (QoL) among patients affected by vestibular schwannoma (VS) has increased. The expansion of the indications for endoscopic ear surgery allowed the development of the transcanal transpromontorial surgery (TTS) for VS removal. The objective of the present study was to assess QoL in a cohort of VS patients operated on by translabyrinthine (TL), retrosigmoid (RS) and TTS approach. METHODS: The study was conducted on 111 patients who underwent surgery for VS between January 2017 and January 2020 at two different institutions. Patients fulfilled three questionnaires during follow-up: Glasgow Benefit Inventory, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 and Penn Acoustic Neuroma Quality-Of-Life. The association between sex, age, date of surgery, tumor size, post-operative facial nerve (FN ) function and QoL outcomes was assessed. RESULTS: An overall subjective impairment was demonstrated in all groups. Age, Koos staging and FN functions were associated to distinct QoL outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: QoL decreases in patients surgically treated for VS. The TTS may allow improved scores in many domains, confirming to be a subjectively well-tolerated technique. PMID:33963915 | DOI:10.1007/s00405-021-06855-w View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.