Changes in tinnitus after vestibular schwannoma surgery.
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ABSTRACT: We designed a prospective study to evaluate changes in tinnitus after vestibular schwannoma (VS) surgery. Subjects included 41 patients who were diagnosed with a VS and underwent translabyrinthine microsurgery (TLM) between January 2015 and May 2016. All patients underwent related examinations and were asked to answer the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) scale and a visual analog scale (VAS) of tinnitus severity both pre- and postoperatively. Of the 41 patients, 31 (75.6%) suffered from tinnitus before surgery. Microsurgery was associated with an overall decrease in tinnitus (p?
SUBMITTER: Wang JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6370768 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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