How long does brain tumour surgery take to work for acoustic neuroma?

Acoustic neuroma, also called vestibular schwannoma, grows near nerves involved in hearing and balance. Surgery aims to remove as much tumour as safely possible while protecting important nearby structures. The surgeon may discuss leaving a small portion when that offers a safer balance between tumour control and nerve preservation.

Swelling, tiredness, dizziness, altered hearing, or facial weakness can occur after an operation and do not by themselves show the final result. Recovery may be gradual as the brain and nerves settle. Follow-up scans and hearing, balance, or facial-nerve assessments help the team judge the outcome.

Follow wound-care, medicine, and activity instructions. Move carefully with support until balance improves, and avoid driving until the team confirms it is appropriate. Keep appointments for wound review, hearing tests, rehabilitation, and imaging. Tell the team about headaches, dizziness, swallowing difficulty, or changes in facial movement.

Arrange help with meals, stairs, and transport during early recovery. Take prescribed medicines as directed and do not adjust steroids or other treatment without advice. Progress may be uneven, so record changes rather than judging recovery from one difficult day.

Contact the surgical team promptly for increasing wound redness, drainage, fever, worsening headache, repeated vomiting, new fluid from the nose or ear, or a clear deterioration in facial movement. Seek urgent help for a seizure, sudden severe weakness, confusion, difficulty breathing, or inability to stay awake.

Ask what was removed, when imaging will assess the result, which hearing or balance changes are expected, and whether rehabilitation may help. Ask when to restart normal activity, what wound changes matter, and how future scans will be scheduled.