Function preservation in cervical schwannoma - How and why to do intracapsular enucleation surgery.
09-10, 07:30–08:00 (Europe/Istanbul), Head & Neck Oncology 3

<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
Session Chair Session Chair
Sibel Yıldırım Moral
Speaker Speaker
Rupert Obholzer
Rupert Obholzer
<p>Skull base surgeon in London, with particular interest in Schwannoma, Paraganglioma, and facial nerve management</p>
Sibel Yıldırım Moral
<p>I am an Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at Acıbadem University School of Medicine in Istanbul, Turkey. I completed my medical degree and ENT residency at Ankara University and hold a master's degree in Audiology and Speech Disorders. A am a Fellow of the European Board of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. My clinical interests include laryngology, voice and swallowing disorders, and HPV-related head and neck diseases.</p>
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