Radiotherapy for Growing Vestibular Schwannomas.

Importance: In the literature, there is a lack of data reporting tumor control rates after radiotherapy in actively growing vestibular schwannomas (VS). Data for this rarely studied population are needed.

Objective: To estimate tumor control rates in radiologically growing VS treated with first-line radiotherapy.

Osteomas of the Internal Auditory Canal: A Systematic Review and Case Report.

Osteomas of the Internal Auditory Canal (IAC) are rare pathologies and diagnosis requires thin-slice CT imaging of the skull or MRI. We report a case of bilateral florid osteomas in the IAC resulting in tinnitus and vertigo. A literature review identified 29 publications, the majority case reports, meeting our criteria involving 40 patients.

Quality of Information Provided by Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Surrounding the Management of Vestibular Schwannomas: A Comparative Analysis Between ChatGPT-4 and Claude 2.

Objective: To examine the quality of information provided by artificial intelligence platforms ChatGPT-4 and Claude 2 surrounding the management of vestibular schwannomas.

Study Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Skull base surgeons were involved from different centers and countries.

Scoring System Assessing Risks of Growth in Sporadic Vestibular Schwannoma.

Background And Objectives: Surveillance studies offer sparse knowledge of predictors of future growth in sporadic vestibular schwannomas (VS).Our aim was identification of these risk factors. We propose a scoring system to estimate the risk of growth in sporadic vestibular schwannoma.

Taste disturbance following cochlear implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the rate of taste disturbance following cochlear implantation.

Methods: The review was designed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Included studies psychophysically measured taste.

Changes in audiovestibular handicap following treatment of vestibular schwannomas.

Objective: This study aimed to assess degree of audiovestibular handicap in patients with vestibular schwannoma.

Methods: Audiovestibular handicap was assessed using the Hearing Handicap Inventory, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory and Dizziness Handicap Inventory. Patients completed questionnaires at presentation and at least one year following treatment with microsurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery or observation.

Technical considerations and long-term results of endovascular venous stenting to control venous hypertension from meningiomas invading intracranial venous sinuses.

Objective: Meningiomas invading the intracranial venous sinuses may cause intracranial venous hypertension, papilledema, and visual compromise. Sinus resection and graft reconstructions, however, add significant complexity to tumor surgery, with the potential for increased morbidity. In this study, the authors explored whether venous sinus stenting might provide an alternative means of controlling venous hypertension that would be sustainable over the long term.

Incidence and presentation of vestibular schwannoma: a 3-year cohort registry study.

Background: Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is the most common benign tumour arising in the lateral skull base. Reported incidence rates of VS vary across geographical locations and over time. There is scarce updated evidence over the past decade on the epidemiology and mode of presentation of VS.

Life changing response to successive surgical interventions on cranial venous outflow: A case report on chronic fatigue syndrome.

Recognition of similarities between chronic fatigue syndrome and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) has raised suggestions that they might be connected, with chronic fatigue syndrome representing a mild version of IIH, sharing many of its symptoms, but without the signature features of elevated intracranial pressure that characterize the complete syndrome. A further development of this idea factors in the effects of a cerebrospinal fluid leak, a known complication of IIH, to explain cases where symptoms seem out of proportion to the apparent physiological disturbance. Cranial venous outflow obstruction has been proposed as the pathological substrate.

Frequency of electrode migration after cochlear implantation in the early postoperative period. What are associated risk factors?

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of, and risk factors associated with electrode migration (EM) in cochlear implant (CI) recipients.

Design: Historical cohort study of all CIs performed between 1 January 2018 and 1 August 2021 in a single tertiary adult and paediatric CI centre in the UK.

Main Outcome Measures: The primary aim is to determine the prevalence of electrode migration, comparing intraoperative surgeon report and examination of a routine plain radiograph performed 2 weeks after surgery.

Detecting and managing partial shorts in Cochlear implants: A validation of scalp surface potential testing.

Objective: To investigate the value of scalp surface potentials to identify and manage partial short circuits to ground in cochlear implant electrodes.

Design: A retrospective review of patients with suspected partial short circuits.

Main Outcome Measure: Electrical output of individual electrodes was measured using scalp surface potentials for patients reporting a change in hearing function.

A 2 and 5-Year Longitudinal Analysis of 671 Consecutive Patients Diagnosed with Unilateral Vestibular Schwannoma.

Objective: To analyse the 2 and 5-year outcomes of a cohort of patients with newly diagnosed vestibular schwannoma patients.

Study Design: Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary skull base referral unit.

Prevalence of occult nodal metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: Primary: To determine the rate of occult cervical metastases in primary temporal bone squamous cell carcinomas (TBSSC). Secondary: to perform a subgroup meta-analysis of the risk of occult metastases based on the clinical stage of the tumour and its risk based on corresponding levels of the neck.

Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of papers searched through Medline, Cochrane, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science up to November 2021 to determine the pooled rate of occult lymph node/parotid metastases.

Cochlear Implantation in Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Experience From the UK Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Service.

Objective: To review the outcomes of cochlear implants (CI) in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) in a large cohort, and identify factors associated with poor hearing benefit.

Study Design: Fifteen-year retrospective national observational case series.

Setting: United Kingdom regional NF2 multidisciplinary teams.

Evidence-based surveillance protocol for vestibular schwannomas: a long-term analysis of tumor growth using conditional probability.

Objective: The growth characteristics of vestibular schwannomas (VSs) under surveillance can be studied using a Bayesian method of growth risk stratification by time after surveillance onset, allowing dynamic evaluations of growth risks. There is no consensus on the optimum surveillance strategy in terms of frequency and duration, particularly for long-term growth risks. In this study, the long-term conditional probability of new VS growth was reported for patients after 5 years of demonstrated nongrowth.

Cochlear Implantation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis.

Objective: To determine outcomes following cochlear implantation (CI) in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Databases Reviewed: MEDLINE, Embase, Web of science, Cochrane Library, and Clinicaltrial.gov.

Cochlear Implantation in Elderly Patients: Survival Duration, Hearing Outcomes, Complication Rates, and Cost Utility.

Introduction: The prevalence of hearing loss and its consequences is increasing as the elderly population grows. As the guidelines for cochlear implantation (CI) expand, the number of elderly CI recipients is also increasing. We report complication rates, survival duration, and audiological outcomes for CI recipients aged 80 years and over and discuss the cost utility of CI in this age group.

Assessment of the cochlear implant pathway for newborn hearing screening referrals.

Objective: To evaluate the cochlear implant (CI) assessment pathway for children referred through the newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) and identify potential reasons for delay in CI surgery at a large UK centre.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of electronic notes of children referred through NHSP from 2016 to 2019. Key points in the assessment pathway from referral to switch-on were assessed.