Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring to protect the facial nerve during microsurgery for large vestibular schwannomas.
OBJECTIVE: Microsurgery is the preferred treatment for large vestibular schwannomas (VSs). However, anatomical and functional preservation of the facial nerve (FN) remains a challenge during this surgery. The aim of this study was to determine whether it is beneficial to the preservation rates of the FN during microsurgical treatment of.....