Complications of Microsurgery of Vestibular Schwannoma

Table 1

Complications of vestibular schwannoma microsurgery.

Type of complication	Number of patients	%
CN VII discontinuity	31	10%
Permanent CN V dysfunction	3	1%
Transient CN V dysfunction	7	2%
CN VI palsy	1	0.3%
Transient CN IX–XI dysfunction	20	6%
Disordered vestibular compensation	43	13%
Lateral variant of CSF leak	208	62.5%
Medial variant of CSF leak	2	0.6%
Headache	29	9%
Intracranial hemorrhage	12	4%
Epidural hematomas	3	1%
Mortality	3	3%

CN: cranial nerve.