TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life of vestibular schwannoma patients after surgery
AU - Inoue, Y.
AU - Ogawa, K.
AU - Kanzaki, J.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The quality of life of vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients after surgery was investigated. The subjects consisted of 236 unilateral VS patients who underwent tumor removal between 1990 and 1997. A questionnaire was sent to all patients regarding their hearing, tinnitus, dizziness and the changes in their daily life after surgery; 176 out of 204 patients (86%) who received the questionnaire completed and returned it. The answers were compared with recent data reported in other clinical studies. Ninety percent of the patients with postoperative class A hearing were satisfied with their hearing. However, only 30% of patients with postoperative class B hearing were satisfied. Tinnitus worsened after surgery more often in patients who underwent a labyrinthectomy than in those who did not. Dizziness improved after surgery in the majority of VS patients. However, 30% of patients had difficulty driving a car and 50% of patients could not enjoy activities such as playing sport after surgery.
AB - The quality of life of vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients after surgery was investigated. The subjects consisted of 236 unilateral VS patients who underwent tumor removal between 1990 and 1997. A questionnaire was sent to all patients regarding their hearing, tinnitus, dizziness and the changes in their daily life after surgery; 176 out of 204 patients (86%) who received the questionnaire completed and returned it. The answers were compared with recent data reported in other clinical studies. Ninety percent of the patients with postoperative class A hearing were satisfied with their hearing. However, only 30% of patients with postoperative class B hearing were satisfied. Tinnitus worsened after surgery more often in patients who underwent a labyrinthectomy than in those who did not. Dizziness improved after surgery in the majority of VS patients. However, 30% of patients had difficulty driving a car and 50% of patients could not enjoy activities such as playing sport after surgery.
KW - Hearing preservation surgery
KW - Quality of life
KW - Questionnaire
KW - Tinnitus
KW - Vestibular schwannoma
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U2 - 10.1080/000164801300006281
DO - 10.1080/000164801300006281
M3 - Article
C2 - 11270496
AN - SCOPUS:0035096273
SN - 0001-6489
VL - 121
SP - 59
EP - 61
JO - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
JF - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
IS - 1
ER -