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Management of vestibular schwannomas in young patients—comparison of clinical features and outcome with adult patients

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Vestibular schwannomas (VS) in young patients are rare. They are regarded to have different biological characteristics. Our objective is to analyze a series of such patients, with respect to their clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome and to compare the results to a matched series of adult patients.

Materials and methods

Retrospective analysis of 20 patients under 21 years of age. All patients underwent surgery via the retrosigmoid approach. The analysis included: age, gender, tumor size, clinical, and neurological pre- and postoperative status including cochlear and facial nerve function, and complications. Statistical comparison of the young patient’s data with a series of 200 adult patients previously published by the authors.

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The current study demonstrates that the outcome after surgical management in patients harboring VS does not show any significant difference between young and adult patients.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medizinische Hchschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    M. Javad Mirzayan

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, International Neuroscience Institute—Hannover, Rudolf-Pichlmayr-Strasse 4, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Venelin M. Gerganov, Wolf Lüdemann, Madjid Samii & Amir Samii

  3. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Womens and Childrens Medical Center, Jikei University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Shizuo Oi

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Mirzayan, M.J., Gerganov, V.M., Lüdemann, W. et al. Management of vestibular schwannomas in young patients—comparison of clinical features and outcome with adult patients. Childs Nerv Syst 23, 891–895 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0308-7

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