Table 3.
In-hospital morbidity (postoperative morbidity and/or mortality) in adult patients receiving acoustic neuroma excision in the United States from 1994 through 2003
| Morbidity Following Acoustic Neuroma Excision | |
| Mortality | 0.5% |
| Any facial nerve disorder | 25.0% |
| Postoperative neurological complications (including those secondary to infarction or hemorrhage) | 8.4% |
| Blepharoplasty/tarsorrhaphy | 4.1% |
| Mechanical ventilation | 4.1% |
| Hydrocephalus | 3.2% |
| CSF otorrhea/rhinorrhea | 3.1% |
| Corneal ulcer, keratoconjunctivitis, or other keratopathy | 2.1% |
| Ventriculostomy placement | 1.9% |
| Performance of a facial nerve graft/anastomosis of another cranial nerve to the facial nerve | 1.6% |
| Lagophthalmos | 1.5% |
| Hematoma | 1.4% |
| Transfusion of packed red blood cells | 1.4% |
| DVT/PE/IVC filter placement | 0.7% |
| Postoperative infection | 0.5% |
| Total (patients) | 26.7% |