>From the same source ( Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) ):
"Persistent headaches are another significant complication following
surgery. In a quality of life analysis of 1657 patients treated
surgically, 46 percent reported headaches occurring more than once a
day, and these were often severe enough to cause disability [31] . The
headaches eventually resolved in about one-half. Postoperative
headaches were more commonly associated with the retrosigmoid surgical
approach, and tended to be more frequent and severe in women.
The outcome is less favorable in patients who undergo subtotal removal
in an attempt to preserve anatomical continuity of the facial or
acoustic nerves. Regrowth and/or recurrence, which are usually
asymptomatic, occur in up to 15 percent [32,33] ."
2010/3/1 Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Yes, it was an "Acoustic Neuroma".
>
> However, it
> will be removed on August 7th in Detroit's Providence Hospital by my ENT
> specialist surgeon and the Neuro-surgeon. They team together in this 6 to 8
> hour surgery to remove this little tumor in the ear canal, where it is
> growing. It has filled the canal and bulging into the spinal fluid of my
> brain. It has to come out ASAP. I will have to sacrifice the rest of the
> hearing in my right ear to save the facial nerve at all cost.
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