Table 4:

Rationale and radical surgical approach for lesion resection (n = 12; 23%)

VariableNo. of Patients (%)
Indication
    Tumor growth4 (33.0)
    Prevention6 (50.0)
    Vertigo1 (8.3)
    Intrameatal extension1 (8.3)
Surgical approach
    Transmeatal4 (33.0)
    RA, TC5 (42.0)
    RA, TL2 (17.0)
    RA, TO1 (0.8)
Benign schwannoma on pathological examination12 (100.0)

  • Note:—RA indicates retroauricular; TC, transcanal; TL, translabyrinthine; TO, transotic.