The authors present the results of otoneurosurgical treatment of tumours of the pontocerebellar angle - 30 cases of neurinoma of the VIIIth nerve, two cases of meningioma and one case of an arachnoid cyst. The operations were implemented by a translabyrinthine approach. The authors analyze the preservation of the facial nerve and its postoperative function, complications and vestibular compensation. They recorded anatomical preservation of the facial nerve in 97%, postoperative meningitis and liquorrhoea in 2.1%. The hospitalization period was 15 days in the majority of patients. The authors emphasize the advantage of the translabyrinthine approach with regard to the rapid development of vestibular compensation and general convalescence.

        Key words: neurinoma of the VIIIth nerve, translabyrinthine approach, tumour in the