Management of operative complications in glomus jugulare tumor surgery
- VernacularTitle:颈静脉球体瘤手术并发症的处理
- Author:
Hongshen SHENG
;
Deliang HUANG
;
Dongyi HAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
glomus jugulare tumor;
post-operative complications
- From:Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1982;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the common complications related to glomus jugulare tumors surgery,their influencing factors,and to search for the effective treatments of these complications.Methods A retrospective study was undertaken on the complications observed in 47 patients with glomus jugulare tumors who underwent 51 times of operation via trans external auditory canal approach,the retroauricular approach,and modified infratemporal fossa approach type A.All cases were followed up over 1 month after surgery.Results Of 51 cases,the most frequent complication was total conductive hearing loss which occurred in 21 cases(41.2%),facial paralysis was found in 15 cases(29.4%) and lower cranial nerve palsy was found in 14 cases(27.5%) after one month.Other complications were cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) leak,hearing disability and vertigo,each in 3 cases(5.9%);cerebral infarction,partial auricle necrosis and parotid gland fistula,each occurred in one case(2.0%).Pre-operative selective embolization of feeding vessels can reduce intraoperative blood loss significantly in most cases.Effective hemostasis and hypotensive anesthesia during operation were the important ways to prevent complications and hematoma within operating field.CSF leak in this series was an uncommon complication.Two cases with CSF leak from the wound had been successfully controlled with conservative treatment.One case with CSF leak required surgical management.None of these patients developed meningitis.Conclusions There is a low level of serious post-operative complications in operation on glomus jugulare tumor.Factors found to be relevant to post-operative complications are tumor type and tumor size.The key factors to avoid the complications include surgical experience,surgical skill and preoperative evaluation of patients′ imaging information.
