Cooperative neuro-otologic management of XXXX and @entity5513 .

@entity1 @entity808 @entity5513 @entity5 @entity1653
Over a recent 16-month period, 35 @entity5513 were removed at our institution by a surgical team consisting of one neurosurgeon and one otologist. Nineteen @entity5 were less than 2 cm in diameter and six were greater than 4 cm. There were 26 @entity5513 , six @entity1653 , two @entity5 , and a @entity808 . A suboccipital transmeatal approach was used in the majority of @entity1 . There were no deaths. Thirty-two @entity1 had an excellent outcome. Twenty-four @entity1 had @entity5 removal (92% of the @entity5513 ). The facial nerve was preserved anatomically in all but one @entity1 , who had nerve grafting intraoperatively and has partial recovery of function. Thirteen of the 24 @entity1 who had auditory function retained some of it postoperatively. With current diagnostic techniques, combined with the neurosurgical and otologic team approach, the majority of @entity1 with @entity5 of all sizes may expect a complete resection of the @entity5 with a good outcome. Certainly, early diagnosis and resection of smaller @entity5 will increase the likelihood that hearing will be preserved, thus providing impetus for aggressive diagnostic and surgical treatment of @entity1 with these lesions.
