Function Preservation In Cervical Schwannoma - How And Why To Do Intracapsular Enucleation Surgery.
09-10, 07:30–08:00 (Europe/Istanbul), Head & Neck 3 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/38)

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.

Session Chair Session Chair
Sibel Yıldırım Moral
Speaker Speaker
Rupert Obholzer
Rupert Obholzer

Skull base surgeon in London, with particular interest in Schwannoma, Paraganglioma, and facial nerve management
Sibel Yıldırım Moral

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.

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