Acoustic Neuroma Removal Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

Side effects may be temporary or permanent. If you are planning to have this surgery, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

• Hearing loss
• Excessive eye dryness
• Difficulty with balance
• Ringing in your ears ( Tinnitus )
• Facial weakness and numbness on the side of the tumor
• Headaches
• Infection
• Bleeding
• Leakage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:

• Your age
• Size of the tumor

Call Your Doctor

After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if you have:

• Signs of infection, including fever, chills, and neck stiffness
• Worsening headache
• Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
• Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given after surgery or that persists for more than two days after discharge from the hospital
• Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
• Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
• Stiff neck
• Runny nose

In case of an emergency, call 911.