Postural Stability after Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Vol. 113 (12), 994-999
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000348940411301210
Abstract
Factors related to postural stability and the course of recovery after vestibular schwannoma surgery were analyzed in a retrospective study of 177 patients and in a prospective study of 44 patients. Before surgery, 7 of the 44 patients in the prospective group complained of postural instability. The body sway velocity was measured. In the retrospective study, the sway velocity was abnormal under nonvisual control in 63% of the patients and under visual control in 34%. The sway velocity correlated with tumor size, smooth pursuit deficit, and postoperative work history. We compared patients with abnormal postural control to those with normal postural control, and found that the former relied to a greater extent on visual information and the latter on proprioceptive information. In the prospective study, the sway velocity increased after the operation, and 1 year after surgery it had not returned to preoperative values. In the logistic regression analysis, a translabyrinthine approach, rehabilitation, the patient's age, and preserved function of the facial nerve predicted a good outcome of postural stability. The retrosigmoid approach and depression were the most significant risk factors for postoperative gait difficulties. Vestibular rehabilitation increased the reliance on proprioception for maintenance of postural control and improved postural stability.Keywords
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