OBJECTIVE To determine if facial function is worse after hearing preservation acoustic neuroma surgery (retrosigmoid and middle fossa) than in translabyrinthine surgery. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Private neuro-otology subspecialty practice of patients operated on in a tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS This study evaluated 315 consecutive acoustic neuroma surgical ...

Traumatic neuropathic pain caused by traumatic neuroma has long been bothering both doctors and patients, the mechanisms of traumatic neuropathic pain are widely discussed by researchers and the treatment is challenging. Clinical treatment of painful neuroma is unclear. Numerous treatment modalities have been introduced by experts in this field. However, there is still no single standard recogn...

OBJECTIVES Assess p63 and p73 expression in acoustic neuroma and its correlation with clinical and radiological findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS medical records of 34 patients who were operated on for acoustic neuroma during a 3-year period (2001-2003) were evaluated retrospectively. Immunohistochemical analysis of the schwannoma was performed with p63 and p73 antibodies and clinical patient c...

AIM To evaluate brain tumour risk among long-term users of cellular telephones. METHODS Two cohort studies and 16 case-control studies on this topic were identified. Data were scrutinised for use of mobile phone for > or =10 years and ipsilateral exposure if presented. RESULTS The cohort study was of limited value due to methodological shortcomings in the study. Of the 16 case-control studi...