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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
Audiologists who counsel vestibular schwannoma patients should be aware of surgical outcome benchmarks from multi-centre European data, but this retrospective study does not change established management guidelines.
Multi-centre outcome data on vestibular schwannoma surgery from under-represented Eastern European healthcare settings contributes to the global evidence base on tumour management and post-surgical hearing rehabilitation needs.
- 01Retrospective multi-centre cohort from Romania examining vestibular schwannoma surgical outcomes.
- 02Reports functional outcomes including hearing preservation and facial nerve function post-surgery.
- 03Adds European regional data to a condition audiologists frequently co-manage with neurosurgeons.
- 04Retrospective design limits causal inference; selection bias possible across centres.
- 05Published in World Neurosurgery (2026).
Surgical management approaches and functional outcomes for vestibular schwannoma were characterised across multiple Romanian centres.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42966555
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.wneu.2026.125473.
- Journal
- World Neurosurgery
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Vestibular schwannoma patients treated surgically at multiple Romanian centres
- Intervention
- Surgical management of vestibular schwannoma
Primary outcomes
Functional outcomes post-surgery (hearing preservation, facial nerve function); Description of surgical management approaches across centres