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Stripping surgery in facial nerve schwannomas with favorable facial nerve function
Yi Sun1, Bo Xing2, Shaolong Han2
1Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, and School of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Jinan.
Objective:
We report 18 cases of facial nerve schwannomas in which stripping surgery was attempted to preserve facial nerve integrity and favorable facial nerve function.
Methods:
We attempted stripping surgery on 18 cases of facial nerve schwannomas. Postoperative facial nerve function was evaluated.
Results:
Stripping surgery was successfully achieved in 11 cases, and facial nerve decompression was performed on the remaining 7 cases in which stripping surgery was impossible. Favorable facial nerve function was successfully maintained in all cases who underwent stripping surgery and 5 of 7 cases who underwent facial nerve decompression.
Conclusions:
It was possible to accomplish stripping surgery in most cases with favorable facial nerve function, which maintained good facial nerve function after total tumor removal.
