Labyrinthectomy Improves Dizziness in Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma

 

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Abstract

Objective Dizziness is one of the most prevalent and debilitating symptoms associated with vestibular schwannoma (VS), and there are little data on contributing or alleviating factors in the perioperative setting. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether vestibular nerve sectioning or labyrinthectomy concomitant with surgical resection would improve dizziness in the postoperative period.

Methods This is a retrospective study of a consecutive series of VS patients who underwent resection at a large tertiary care center between 2009 and 2023. Dizziness at 6 months was the primary endpoint, whereas facial nerve and hearing outcomes were secondary endpoints. Fisher's exact test was used to identify significant differences between categorical variables, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of dizziness as well as facial nerve and hearing outcomes.

Results A total of 333 patients underwent resection of VS at our institution. There was no significant difference in binary reported dizziness based on surgical approach (p = 0.14). However, patients reported significantly less dizziness at discharge (p < 0.01) as well as 6-month (p = 0.02) and 1-year (p < 0.01) follow-up in the translabyrinthine group. On the other hand, patients who underwent labyrinth-sparing approaches reported a significant increase in dizziness that remained up to 1 year from the time of surgery.

Conclusion Our data suggest that labyrinthectomy may improve dizziness symptoms in patients with VS. Selective VN sectioning does not appear to affect dizziness or hearing outcomes. Finally, surgical approach does not affect facial nerve outcomes.

Publication History

Received: 24 April 2024

Accepted: 24 May 2024

Accepted Manuscript online:
05 July 2024

Article published online:
24 July 2024

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