The authors analyze the results of total removal of acoustic neurinomas in 120 patients operated on between January, 1967, and January, 1976. The facial nerve was preserved after surgery in 65 patients (54.2%). The use of microsurgical techniques in the last 3 years of study permitted preservation of the seventh nerve in 26 of 35 operated patients (74.3%). Of 103 patients examined postoperatively, 96 retained their full or partial capacity for work (93.2%). Ten patients (8.3%) died after surgery. In the last 3 years, 35 patients were operated on without a single death.
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