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. 2012 Oct;32(5):340.

Hearing preservation surgery in acoustic neuroma: long-term results

Risultati a lungo termine nella chirurgia di preservazione dell'udito nel neurinoma dell'acustico

A MAZZONI 1, E ZANOLETTI 2, V CALABRESE 3
PMCID: PMC3546408

Errata Corrige
Page 98 - Summary
Small size and good preoperative good correlated with good short- and long-term hearing.
Small size and good preoperative hearing correlated with good short- and long-term hearing.
Page 98 - Introduction
The several reports on the stability of preserved hearing with widely divergent rates. Shelton et al. 1 significant long-term decline of hearing after middle cranial fossa approach in 56% of patients.
The several reports on the stability of preserved hearing show widely divergent rates. Shelton et al. 1 report significant long-term decline of hearing after middle cranial fossa approach in 56% of patients.
Pages 99-100 - Results
The 107 cases with a 10 mm tumour and class A or B hearing remained in class A or B in 49 cases (33%) in the short-term and in 42 cases (27%) in the long-term.
The 117 cases with a 10 mm tumour and class A or B hearing remained in class A or B in 39 cases (33%) in the short-term and in 32 cases (27%) in the long-term.
Page 100 - Results
The change of class change was less in the A-B classes (8/54, 15%) or 9/54 (17%) if the lost case is included.
The rate of change of class was less in the A-B classes (8/54, 15%) or 9/54 (17%) if the lost case is included.
Page 101 - Discussion
The preservation of class in A or B class was 44% in the short-term and 40% in the long-term.
The preservation of class A in class A or B was 44% in the short-term and 40% in the long-term.

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