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What is the effect of translabyrinthine acoustic schwannoma removal upon tinnitus?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

David M. Baguley ,
David A. Moffat  and
David G. Hardy
David M. Baguley
Affiliation:
Cambridge
David A. Moffat*
Affiliation:
Cambridge
David G. Hardy
Affiliation:
Cambridge
*
Dr Wolfgang Maier, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, EnglandCB2 2QQ.
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Abstract

A series of 129 patients who had undergone translabyrinthine removal of a unilateral acoustic schwannoma completed a postal questionnaire about pre- and post-operative tinnitus. A simple grading system was devised from which it was possible to determine the likely outcome of translabyrinthine acoustic schwannoma surgery upon tinnitus. The results have been analyzed in detail, and as a result it is possible to advise a patient undergoing this form of surgery that if they have no tinnitus pre-operatively they are unlikely to develop it, and if they do it will not besevere enough to significantly affect their quality of life. If they have mild or moderate tinnitus it is most likely to stay the same, or become less intense. If a patient has severe tinnitus it is very likely to improve and not affect their future quality of life.

Keywords

TinnitusNeuroma, acoustic
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 4 , April 1992 , pp. 329 - 331
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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