Tinnitus and vestibular schwannoma surgery

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Levo, H
Blomstedt, G
Pyykkö, I
机构
[1] Univ Helsinki, Cent Hosp, Dept Otolaryngol, FI-00290 Helsinki, Finland
[2] Univ Helsinki, Cent Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, FI-00290 Helsinki, Finland
[3] Karolinska Hosp, Dept Otolaryngol, S-10401 Stockholm, Sweden
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acoustic neuroma; tinnitus;
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R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
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摘要
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of operation on tinnitus in vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients. Altogether, 251 VS patients who underwent surgery during the years 1979 to 1993 at Helsinki University Central Hospital were included in the study. Information on preoperative tinnitus was collected from previously acquired data and postoperative tinnitus was evaluated. Preoperatively, 62.6% of the patients had experienced tinnitus. Of those with preoperative tinnitus, 47.4% also had it postoperatively, but of those 93 patients without preoperative tinnitus, 39.8% had tinnitus postoperatively. Tinnitus is one of the primary symptoms of VS, together with hearing impairment and disequilibrium. The risk of postoperative tinnitus is almost 40%, and with preoperative tinnitus, the risk is 7.6% higher. In the majority tinnitus was not related to the surgery. Only a few patients had severe problems with tinnitus; difficulty understanding speech was the major complaint.
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