Impact of Motor-Evoked Potential Monitoring on Facial Nerve Outcomes after Vestibular Schwannoma Resection.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:: Assess the utility of intraoperative transcranial facial motor-evoked potential (FMEP) monitoring in predicting and improving facial function after vestibular schwannoma (VS) resection.
STUDY DESIGN:: Retrospective chart review.
METHODS:: Data were obtained from 82 consecutive VS resections meeting inclusion criteria. Sixty-two cases were performed without FMEP and 20 with FMEP. Degradation of FMEP response was defined as a final-to-baseline amplitude ratio of 0.5 or less. House-Brackmann (HB) grade was assessed preoperatively, postoperatively, at follow-up assessments, and it was compared between pre- and post-FMEP cohorts. Positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV), sensitivity, and specificity of FMEP degradation in predicting facial weakness were calculated.
RESULTS:: In the pre-FMEP group, at length of follow-up (LOF) ⩾9 months, 83.9% (52/62) of patients exhibited HB 1-2 outcome. In the post-FMEP cohort, 75.0% (15/20) exhibited HB 1-2 function at LOF ⩾9 months. There was no difference in rates of HB 1-2 outcomes between groups in the immediate postoperative period ( P = .35) or at long-term follow-up ( P = 1.0). With respect to predicting immediate postoperative facial function, FMEP demonstrated high specificity (88.9%) and moderate sensitivity (54.5%). The PPV and NPV for immediate postoperative facial function were 85.7% and 61.5%, respectively. With respect to long-term (⩾9 months LOF) facial function, intraoperative FMEP was moderately sensitive (71.4%) and highly specific (84.6%); PPV was moderate (71.4%), and NPV was high (84.6%).
CONCLUSIONS:: Intraoperative FMEP is highly specific and moderately sensitive in predicting postoperative facial function for patients undergoing VS resection, but its use may not be associated with improved facial nerve outcomes.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE:: 4.
Volume
128
Issue
1
First Page
56
Last Page
61
ISSN
1943-572X
Published In/Presented At
Tawfik, K. O., Walters, Z. A., Kohlberg, G. D., Lipschitz, N., Breen, J. T., O'Neal, K., Zuccarello, M., & Samy, R. N. (2019). Impact of Motor-Evoked Potential Monitoring on Facial Nerve Outcomes after Vestibular Schwannoma Resection. The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology, 128(1), 56–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003489418803969
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
30343584
Department(s)
Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology
Document Type
Article