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Couldwell, William T. | Hearing restoration after resection of an intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma: a role for emergency surgery? | Patients with vestibular schwannomas (VSs) most commonly present with sensorineural hearing loss, which is often insidious or gradual. Up to 26% of patients may present with sudden hearing loss, however, which poses an important surgical challenge. Sudden hearing loss has been attributed to spasm or... | Vestibular schwannoma; Hearing preservation | 2002 |
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Schmidt, Meic H.; Schmidt, Richard H. | Nerve sheath tumors involving the sacrum | Nerve sheath tumors that involve the sacrum are rare. Delayed presentation is common because of their slow-growing nature, the permissive surrounding anatomical environment, and nonspecific symptoms. Consequently, these tumors are usually of considerable size at the time of diagnosis. The authors di... | Nerve sheath tumor; Schwannoma | 2003 |