Table 2.

Lower Cranial Nerve Deficits and Aspiration before and after Surgery of 16 Patients with Carotid Body Tumors, Subdivided into Solitary and Multiple Tumor Status

Cranial Nerves	CBT (n = 9)		CBT and JTT/GV (n = 7)
	Dysfunction		Dysfunction
	Preop	Postop	Preop	Postop
CBT, carotid body tumor; JTT, jugulotympanic tumor; GV, glomus vagale.
Seventh	—	—	—	3
Ninth	—	1	—	7
Tenth	—	1	—	7
Eleventh	—	—	—	2
Twelfth	—	1	—	2
Aspiration	—	—	1	5
Deafness*	—	—	—	4

^*Deafness was due to removal of the jugulotympanic tumor caused by blind sac closure.