TY - JOUR
T1 - Balance impairment after acoustic neuroma surgery
AU - Tufarelli, Davide
AU - Meli, Annalisa
AU - Labini, Francesca Sylos
AU - Badaracco, Carlo
AU - De Angelis, Ezio
AU - Alesii, Annalisa
AU - Falcioni, Maurizio
AU - Sanna, Mario
PY - 2007/9
Y1 - 2007/9
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of balance problems after acoustic neuroma surgery, evaluating whether disequilibrium is disabling. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Rehabilitation center. PATIENTS: A group of 386 patients who underwent acoustic neuroma surgery. INTERVENTIONS: Patients were selected from a population of 459 subjects who had undergone surgery for acoustic neuroma. MEAN OUTCOME MEASURES: The Dizziness Handicap Inventory, The Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), and a specific questionnaire on oscillopsia. RESULTS: The specific questionnaire emphasized that 39 patients (10.10%) perceived disequilibrium as disabling, and the oscillopsia handicap score result was moderate in 73.32% of the sample, mild in 21.50%, and severe in 5.18% of patients.The Dizziness Handicap Inventory and ABC scales revealed the presence of handicap and disability due to disequilibrium and the influence of some variables such as sex and a higher oscillopsia handicap score. Dizziness Handicap Inventory and ABC scores were higher in symptomatic patients. CONCLUSION: Disequilibrium influences handicap and disability after acoustic neuroma surgery. This symptom is also present after several years since surgery, and some patients perceived disequilibrium as disabling.
AB - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of balance problems after acoustic neuroma surgery, evaluating whether disequilibrium is disabling. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Rehabilitation center. PATIENTS: A group of 386 patients who underwent acoustic neuroma surgery. INTERVENTIONS: Patients were selected from a population of 459 subjects who had undergone surgery for acoustic neuroma. MEAN OUTCOME MEASURES: The Dizziness Handicap Inventory, The Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), and a specific questionnaire on oscillopsia. RESULTS: The specific questionnaire emphasized that 39 patients (10.10%) perceived disequilibrium as disabling, and the oscillopsia handicap score result was moderate in 73.32% of the sample, mild in 21.50%, and severe in 5.18% of patients.The Dizziness Handicap Inventory and ABC scales revealed the presence of handicap and disability due to disequilibrium and the influence of some variables such as sex and a higher oscillopsia handicap score. Dizziness Handicap Inventory and ABC scores were higher in symptomatic patients. CONCLUSION: Disequilibrium influences handicap and disability after acoustic neuroma surgery. This symptom is also present after several years since surgery, and some patients perceived disequilibrium as disabling.
KW - ABC
KW - Acoustic neuroma
KW - DHI
KW - Disequilibrium
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U2 - 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31811f40ad
DO - 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31811f40ad
M3 - Article
C2 - 17948359
AN - SCOPUS:34548263302
VL - 28
SP - 814
EP - 821
JO - Otology and Neurotology
JF - Otology and Neurotology
SN - 1531-7129
IS - 6
ER -