AIM To analyse the risk factors involved in the development of ocular complications after acoustic neuroma resection, in particular corneal complications and visual loss, and to identify measures that may reduce these. METHODS 62 patients who underwent surgery for acoustic neuroma had a standardised ophthalmic examination and retrospective case note review. RESULTS At final review (mean 37....

A small number of prior epidemiologic studies of occupational noise exposure based on self-report have suggested an association with acoustic neuroma. The goal of the present study was to further examine the association between noise exposure and acoustic neuroma by using an objective measure of exposure in the form of a job exposure matrix. A total of 793 acoustic neuroma cases aged 21-84 year...

This systematic review wasdesigned to compare the complications of acoustic neuroma surgery via the suboccipital retrosigmoid approach in the sitting versus lateral positions. Searches for randomized trials and observational studies about the complications of acoustic neuroma surgery were performed in five medical databases (though October 2015) including PubMed, MEDLINE (In-Process and Other N...

OBJECTIVES The rapid increase of mobile phone use has increased public concern about its possible health effects in Japan, where the mobile phone system is unique in the characteristics of its signal transmission. To examine the relation between mobile phone use and acoustic neuroma, a case-control study was initiated. METHODS The study followed the common, core protocol of the international ...

Introduction The objective of this study was to describe the most common clinical features associated with an acoustic neuroma diagnosis and to identify those features associated with larger tumour size at initial diagnosis. Methods The clinical information of 945 consecutive patients diagnosed with acoustic neuroma at a single centre between 1992 and 2015 was analysed. Clinical features were e...

Despite limited evidence, cellular telephones have been claimed to cause cancer, especially in the brain. In this Danish study, the authors examined the possible association between use of cellular telephones and development of acoustic neuroma. Between 2000 and 2002, they ascertained 106 incident cases and matched these persons with 212 randomly sampled, population-based controls on age and se...