Table 3.
Postoperative parameters and surgical complications
| Post-op parameters/complications | Approach |
|
|---|---|---|
| TL group | RS group | |
| Total number of cases | 129 | 39 |
| Meningitis, n (%) | 6 (4.74) | 2 (5.1) |
| CSF leak, n (%) | 10 (7.8) | 5 (12.8) |
| Vascular complications, n (%) | 5 (3.9) | 3 (7.7) |
| Mean hospital stay (days) | 7.47* | 15.97* |
Vascular complications include cerebellar/cerebello-pontine angle hematoma, cerebellar ischemia and pontine ischemia.
p<0.05 according to student t-test.
TL: translabyrinthine, RS: retrosigmoid, CSF: cerebrospinal fluid