This paper reviews the history of acoustic tumor surgery and sets forth the technique of translabyrinthine surgery. Thirty-five patients with 36 tumors are presented and the results explained in detail. A plea is made for standardization of reporting results and some of the controversy concerning surgical technique is discussed briefly.
Intraoperative transcranial facial motor evoked potential monitoring in surgery of cerebellopontine angle tumors predicts early and late postoperative facial nerve function
