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CC BY 4.0 · J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2023; 84(05): 433-443
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755578
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Generating Operative Workflows for Vestibular Schwannoma Resection: A Two-Stage Delphi's Consensus in Collaboration with the British Skull Base Society. Part 2: The Translabyrinthine Approach

Hugo Layard Horsfall 
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
2   Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
,
Danyal Z. Khan
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
2   Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
,
Justin Collins
3   Department of Urooncology, University College London Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
,
Stephen Cooke
4   Department of Neurosurgery, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom
,
Simon R. Freeman
5   Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom
,
Nihal Gurusinghe
6   Department of Neurosurgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospital, Preston, United Kingdom
,
Susie Hampton
7   Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom
,
Carl Hardwidge
8   Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
,
Richard Irving
9   Ear, Nose and Throat, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
,
Neil Kitchen
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
,
Andrew King
10   Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
11   Northern Care Alliance National Health Service Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
,
Sherif Khalil
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
12   The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, United Kingdom
,
Chan H. Koh
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
2   Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
,
Colin Leonard
7   Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom
,
Hani J. Marcus   *
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
2   Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
,
William Muirhead
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
2   Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
,
Rupert Obholzer
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
12   The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, United Kingdom
,
Omar Pathmanaban
13   Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom
,
Iain J. A. Robertson
14   Department of Neurosurgery, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, United Kingdom
,
Jonathan Shapey
15   Department of Neurosurgery, Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
,
Danail Stoyanov
2   Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
,
Mario Teo
16   Bristol Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
,
James R. Tysome
17   Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, United Kingdom
,
Patrick Grover   *
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
,
Shakeel R. Saeed   *
1   Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
12   The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Objective An operative workflow systematically compartmentalizes operations into hierarchal components of phases, steps, instrument, technique errors, and event errors. Operative workflow provides a foundation for education, training, and understanding of surgical variation. In this Part 2, we present a codified operative workflow for the translabyrinthine approach to vestibular schwannoma resection.

Methods A mixed-method consensus process of literature review, small-group Delphi's consensus, followed by a national Delphi's consensus was performed in collaboration with British Skull Base Society (BSBS). Each Delphi's round was repeated until data saturation and over 90% consensus was reached.

Results Seventeen consultant skull base surgeons (nine neurosurgeons and eight ENT [ear, nose, and throat]) with median of 13.9 years of experience (interquartile range: 18.1 years) of independent practice participated. There was a 100% response rate across both the Delphi rounds. The translabyrinthine approach had the following five phases and 57 unique steps: Phase 1, approach and exposure; Phase 2, mastoidectomy; Phase 3, internal auditory canal and dural opening; Phase 4, tumor debulking and excision; and Phase 5, closure.

Conclusion We present Part 2 of a national, multicenter, consensus-derived, codified operative workflow for the translabyrinthine approach to vestibular schwannomas. The five phases contain the operative, steps, instruments, technique errors, and event errors. The codified translabyrinthine approach presented in this manuscript can serve as foundational research for future work, such as the application of artificial intelligence to vestibular schwannoma resection and comparative surgical research.

Keywords

retrosigmoid - translabyrinthine - vestibular schwannoma - skull base surgery - consensus - Delphi

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Authors' Contributions

Study conception and methodology was led by H.J.M., J.C., M.F., M.G., D.Z.K., C.H.K., H.L.H. and W.M. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by H.L.H., D.Z.K., J.C., S.C., S.R.F., N.G., S.H., C.H., R.I., N.K., A.K., S.K., C.H.K., C.L., H.J.M., W.M., R.O., O.P., I.J.A.R., J.S., D.S., M.T., J.R.T., S.R.S., and P.G. contributed to data collection. The first draft of the manuscript was written by H.L.H., H.J.M., and P.G. All authors reviewed and edited subsequent versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


Ethical and Informed Consent

Ethical approval and informed consent were unnecessary due to the nature of the study (consensus process amongst health care professionals).


Data Availability

Available upon reasonable request.


* Denotes joint senior authorship.


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Publication History

Received: 03 March 2022

Accepted: 20 June 2022

Article published online:
10 October 2022

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