The Acoustic Neuroma-7 Score: An Externally Validated Tool Predicting Facial Nerve Outcome After Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
The acoustic neuroma 7 model can be used for patient counseling and for identifying high-risk patients for facial weakness while aiding in earlier referral for facial reanimation surgery.
Authors
- Melissa Canales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3767-7675)
- Risheng Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4288-1232)
- Rafael J. Tamargo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0923-1625)
- Adam S. Vesole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8267-7696)
- John P. Carey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5853-0344)
- Christopher M. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5958-2004)
- Deepa Galaiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-9883)
- Justin M. Caplan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0289-3661)
- Jason C. Nellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1780-944X)
- C. Matthew Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3265-7467)
- Howard W. Francis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2231-429X)
- Wade W. Chien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3865-3918)
- James Feghali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7168-4751)
- Justin Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5338-6491)
- Kofi Boahene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4924-7560)
- Francis X. Creighton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3131-1162)
- Lily H. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9272-019X)
- Patrick Kramer
- Firas A. Houssein
- Bryan K. Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5201-6117)
- Shaan Bhandarkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3798-5440)
- Charles C. Della Santina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0509-5200)
- Michael Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1291-2002)
- Jongwon Ha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2285-3517)
- A. Karim Ahmed
- Chetan Bettegowda
- Henry Brem
- Daniel Q. Sun
- Jon Weingart
- Sai Chandan Reddy
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003868
- Primary Topic
- Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00