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Acta Neurochirurgica
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica 6/2015

01-06-2015 | Clinical Article - Brain Tumors

Feasibility of diffusion tensor tractography for preoperative prediction of the location of the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves in relation to vestibular schwannoma

Authors: Masanori Yoshino, Taichi Kin, Akihiro Ito, Toki Saito, Daichi Nakagawa, Kenji Ino, Kyousuke Kamada, Harushi Mori, Akira Kunimatsu, Hirofumi Nakatomi, Hiroshi Oyama, Nobuhito Saito

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 6/2015

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Abstract

Background

According to recent findings, diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) only allows prediction of facial nerve location in relation to vestibular schwannoma (VS) with high probability. However, previous studies have not mentioned why only the facial nerve was selectively visualized. Our previous report investigated the optimal conditions of DTT for normal facial and vestibulocochlear nerves. In the present study, we applied the optimal conditions of DTT to VS patients to assess the feasibility of DTT for the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves.

Methods

We investigated 11 patients with VS who underwent tumor resection. Visualized tracts were compared with locations of the facial and cochlear nerves as identified by intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring.

Results

With the proposed method, visualized tracts corresponded to pathway area of the facial or cochlear nerves in nine of 11 patients (81.8 %); specifically, to the pathway area of the facial nerve in three of 11 patients (27.3 %), and to the pathway area of the cochlear nerve in six of 11 patients (54.5 %).

Conclusions

We visualized facial or vestibulocochlear nerves in nine of 11 patients (81.8 %). For the first time, DTT proved able to visualize not only the facial nerve but also the vestibulocochlear nerve in VS patients. Despite our findings, good methods for distinguishing whether a visualized nerve tract represents facial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, or only noise remain unavailable. Close attention should therefore be paid to the interpretation of visualized fibers.
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Metadata
Title
Feasibility of diffusion tensor tractography for preoperative prediction of the location of the facial and vestibulocochlear nerves in relation to vestibular schwannoma
Authors
Masanori Yoshino
Taichi Kin
Akihiro Ito
Toki Saito
Daichi Nakagawa
Kenji Ino
Kyousuke Kamada
Harushi Mori
Akira Kunimatsu
Hirofumi Nakatomi
Hiroshi Oyama
Nobuhito Saito
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2411-y

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