Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

Cerebello-Pontine tumors - Our institutional experience

Dr P. Suresh, Dr. K. Prabhuraman

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Cerebellopontine angle tumors, although benign and slow growing, have potential to produce severe morbidity and mortality because of critical location. We assessed 23 cases of large CP angle tumors, their clinical presentation, surgical outcome and complications in this study. Male: Female ratio 1: 1.8, vestibular schwannoma constitutes 19 cases with one case of meningioma, one case of epidermoid and one case of medulloblastoma. Retrosigmoid suboccipital craniotomy is the only approach used. Complete excision of tumor achieved in meningioma, epidermoid and five cases of vestibular schwannomas. Majority of the patients undergone subtotal excision. Anatomical preservation of facial nerve achieved in 7 cases of vestibular schwannomas out of 19. No functional preservation of facial nerve function. No useful postop heå observed.

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CEREBELLO-PONTINE TUMORS - OUR INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE, Dr P. Suresh, Dr. K. Prabhuraman INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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