Lebensqualität von Patienten mit Vestibularisschwannom

• Verfasst von: Baumann, Ingo [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Plinkert, Peter K. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Lebensqualität von Patienten mit Vestibularisschwannom
• Verf.angabe: I. Baumann, P.K. Plinkert
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: 01 June 2017
• Umfang: 5 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 11.09.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: HNO
• Ort Quelle: Berlin : Springer, 1996
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: 65(2017), 9, Seite 719-723
• ISSN Quelle: 1433-0458
• DOI: doi:10.1007/s00106-017-0371-7
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: ger
• Sach-SW: Beobachtendes Abwarten
• Sach-SW: Facial nerve palsy
• Sach-SW: Fazialisparese
• Sach-SW: Headache
• Sach-SW: Kopfschmerz
• Sach-SW: Microsurgery
• Sach-SW: Mikrochirurgie
• Sach-SW: Schwindel
• Sach-SW: Vertigo
• Sach-SW: Watchful waiting
• K10plus-PPN: 1580838855

Abstract

BackgroundVestibular schwannoma (VS) is a disease which might affect health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in a negative manner. For many years, only generic quality of life instruments such as SF-36 were available to measure HR-QOL. However, some years ago, the Penn Acoustic Neuroma Quality Of Life (PANQOL) tool, a disease-specific instrument, was developed and validated. It is expected that the application of this instrument will be able to better assess relevant aspects of the HR-QOL of VS patients in the future. A validated German version of the instrument does not exist yet. The disease-specific symptoms most frequently named by patients are headache and dizziness.Results and discussionThe available literature shows that the therapeutic approaches affect HR-QOL differently. In particular, radiation therapy of small and medium-sized tumors has no pronounced negative effects on HR-QOL. However, restrictions after surgery become similar to those after radiotherapy over the course of several years. For large VS with a diameter >3 cm, no guiding data on this aspect are currently available. To clarify the outstanding issues, future prospective studies with long-term follow-up of 10 years and more are desirable.