Most of the patients will be able to recover after the surgery for acoustic neuroma, but some of them may not be able to recover after the surgery if the nerve damage is more serious.
1. If the nerves are damaged during the surgery of acoustic neuroma, such as facial nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, hypoglossal nerve, etc., it may lead to facial paralysis, tongue wood, loss of taste, etc. If the patients are found to be actively treated, and only slight pulling or the structure and function of the facial nerve is preserved intact, the majority of the patients can recover the tongue sensory function, and the facial paralysis may be relieved.
2. In some patients, when the size of the acoustic neuroma is large, the degree of injury to the facial nerve is heavy during the operation, and the preservation of the structure and function of the nerve is poor, which may cause the tongue to be wooden and the loss of the sense of taste, which often cannot be recovered.
When the tongue is wooden and the sense of taste disappears after the operation of acoustic neuroma, it is necessary to actively consult the surgeon, fully understand the condition and cooperate with the standardized treatment.