Patients
recovering from Acoustic Neuroma Surgery
Many
patients who have an acoustic neuroma removed have eye problems after
surgery. Proper eye care after hospital discharge is vitally important
for those whose 5th, 6th, or 7th cranial nerves have been affected.
With appropriate care, however, eye problems can usually be managed
successfully, allowing the patient to return to his normal lifestyle.
Significantly, the patient is often responsible for proper care of the
eye, or needs to be alert for eye problems which require medical
attention. This area of the website is intended to help the patient
and his family understand the many factors which lead to eye problems,
in the hope that by so doing those problems will be prevented or
minimized.
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Patients
with Facial Paralysis Not Related to
Acoustic Neuroma Surgery
Ocular problems can arise from
many conditions that involve the seventh cranial nerve (facial
nerve). This section of the web site deals with conditions in
which the seventh cranial nerve (facial nerve) is the only involved
cranial nerve.
Patients who also have involvement of
the fifth and/or sixth cranial nerve should review the section of this
website entitled "Recovery from Acoustic Neuroma Surgery",
even if the cause of multiple nerve involvement happens to be some
problem other than an acoustic tumor, as the same discussion pertains.
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Educational
Information For Patients