A 2-Staged Approach for Resection of Giant Dumbbell Shaped Facial Nerve Schwannoma With Facial Nerve Preservation
Giant FNS with significant mass effect warrant surgical resection. Facial nerve preservation is feasible depending on the location of functional nerve fascicles relative to the tumor. Direct electrophysiologic nerve stimulation at lower threshold is necessary to identify such fascicles.
Authors
- Samuel Gubbles
- Rachel Blue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6419-7373)
- Yan Zhou
- A. Samy Youssef
Institutions
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Operative Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001900
- Primary Topic
- Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00