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Patients with and without preoperative facial nerve palsy were compared statistically to clarify their clinical features.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Preoperative tumoral facial nerve palsy was seen in 34 patients (2.8%). Their clinical features included older age, having large cystic tumors with significant meatal extension, and showing abnormal electrogustometric responses, compared with patients without preoperative facial nerve palsy. Owing to the frequent insufficient intraoperative responses on facial nerve electromyography, the tumor resection rate was lower in the group with preoperative facial nerve palsy (mean: 95.2%). Among the 33 patients with sufficient follow-up data (mean: 63.9 mo), additional treatment was required only in 1 patient and facial nerve function improved in 25 patients (75.8%) within 2 yr postoperatively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Facial nerve palsy is a rare preoperative symptom that occurs in less than 3% of patients with vestibular schwannoma. Tumor resection in such patients tends to be challenging owing to their advanced age, having large cystic tumors with significant meatal extension, and difficulties in intraoperative facial nerve monitoring, but surgical decompression of the facial nerve can assist in the improvement of their long-term functions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1227\/ons.0000000000000011","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,2]],"date-time":"2021-12-02T17:00:42Z","timestamp":1638464442000},"page":"14-19","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Preoperative Facial Nerve Palsy in Patients With Vestibular Schwannoma: Clinical Features and Postoperative Functional Prognosis in a Case Series of 34 Among 1228 Consecutive 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