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Is the intra-operative morphology of the cochlear nerve a good predictor of the results of simultaneous ipsilateral cochlear implantation in vestibular schwannoma surgery?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2022

D Marchioni ,
N Bisi Open the ORCID record for N Bisi [Opens in a new window] ,
P Francoli  and
A Rubini
D Marchioni
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Department, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
N Bisi*
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
P Francoli
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
A Rubini
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Nicola Bisi, viale Carlo Sigonio, 92, 41124 Modena, Italy E-mail: nicolapietro.bisi@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objective

There are currently no guidelines for simultaneous vestibular schwannoma surgery and cochlear implantation. This paper therefore provides our experience and our results regarding predictive parameters of good hearing.

Methods

Morphological appearance of the cochlear nerve after tumour resection was used as the main criterion for implantation in the case series. Patients were then divided into responders and non-responders to cochlear implantation, and potential outcome predicting factors were evaluated in the two groups.

Results

Nine of the 16 patients showed a response to cochlear implantation. Pre-surgery serviceable hearing was significantly more common in the responder group, while no difference was found in the two groups for other variables.

Conclusion

This study highlights how the morphological appearance of the cochlear nerve can be useful to predict the hearing outcome and indicates that satisfactory hearing results are closely related to pre-surgery serviceable hearing.

Keywords

Acoustic NeuromaCochlear ImplantsSensorineural Hearing LossSkull BaseSurgeryInner Ear

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 137 , Issue 6 , June 2023 , pp. 637 - 642
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of J.L.O. (1984) LIMITED

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Dr N Bisi takes responsibility for the integrity of the content of the paper

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