CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2019; 80(S 03): S284
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1677848
Skull Base: Operative Videos
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Retrosigmoid Approach for Resection of Medium-Sized Vestibular Schwannoma

Michael J. Link
1   Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
2   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
,
Colin L. W. Driscoll
1   Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
2   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
,
Yening Feng
2   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
,
Maria Peris-Celda
1   Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
,
Christopher S. Graffeo
1   Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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Address for correspondence

Michael J. Link, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Rochester, MN 55905
United States   

Publication History

31 May 2018

11 November 2018

Publication Date:
04 March 2019 (online)

 

    Abstract

    Objectives This video was aimed to describe the relevant anatomy and key surgical steps of retrosigmoid approach for gross total resection of a medium-sized vestibular schwannoma (VS).

    Design The procedure is described in a surgical instructional video.

    Setting The surgery took place at a tertiary skull base referral center.

    Participant Patient is a 63-year-old woman who reported with nonserviceable hearing (Pure Tone Average 60 dB Hearing level, Word Recognition Score 45%), occasional tinnitus, and a VS in the left cerebellopontine angle (CPA), extending into internal auditory canal (IAC), measuring 1.7 cm parallel to the petrous temporal bone.

    Main Outcome Measures The VS was resected by retrosigmoid approach.

    Results The surgery results gross total resection of the VS with postoperative House–Brackmann grade 1 facial nerve function and no postoperative complications.

    Conclusion The retrosigmoid approach is a good strategy to remove VS involving the CPA and the IAC.

    The link to the video can be found at: https://youtu.be/B6K_UkrKitg.


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    Conflict of Interest

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    Address for correspondence

    Michael J. Link, MD
    Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
    Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
    Rochester, MN 55905
    United States