09-10, 09:00–09:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Head & Neck Surgery 3
I will present a personal series of cervical (primarily vagal and sympathetic trunk) schwannoma, managed surgically preserving the nerve of origin, with a step by step explanation of how to succussfully perform this surgery, and results.
Cervical schwannoma continue to be excised with their nerve of origin, as surgeons feel they are too uncommon to warrant learning a new and specific surgical technique for their management. This is imposing unneccesary morbidity. Intracapsular enucleation is relatively straightforward and easily demonstrated. I will present a series of 41 patients (currently) managed with this technique, and demonstrate with video the surgical steps.
Skull base surgeon in London, with particular interest in Schwannoma, Paraganglioma, and facial nerve management