Literature review of postoperative results of cystic VS surgery regarding quality of resection, anatomical preservation of the facial nerve (FN) and facial nerve function according to the House and Brackman classification HB.

Table 5: Literature review of postoperative results of cystic VS surgery regarding quality of resection, anatomical preservation of the facial nerve (FN) and facial nerve function according to the House and Brackman classification HB.

	Great total resection	Anatomic Preservation of FN	HB I/II
Fundova, et al. 2000 [10]	39/44	30/44	13/44
Moon, et al. 2007 [9]	24/24	18/24	9/24
Piccirillo, et al. 2009 [3]	77/96	/	19/57
Jian, et al. 2011 [18]	30/58	/	32/58
Zhang, et al. 2012	28/36	28/36	9/36
Wang, et al. 2013	21/36	32/36	15/33
Metwali, et al. 2014 [5]	35/37	36/37	28/37
Tang, et al. 2014 [13]	92/131	125/131	99/131
Xia, et al. 2014 [25]	27/45	39/45	17/34
Eser Ocak, et al. 2018 [26]	30/32	32/32	22/27
Boublata, et al. 2022	09/12	10/12	07/12