@Max330 - We have a couple of members who’ve had TORS intraoral surgery & have had good outcomes, but as @TML said, it all depends on how close to the skull base the styloid is cut. I believe w/ the TORS surgery getting close to the skull base is more possible, but it would be good for you to ask your surgeon how short he intends to cut your styloid before your surgery.
Your symptoms sound to me more like your carotid artery is being affected since you’ve had some stroke-like symptoms which usually come from carotid irritation or compression. It can also cause brain fog, eye pressure, & facial paralysis type symptoms. Most of your other symptoms sound nerve related, & w/ a styloid as massive as yours, there are likely numerous nerves that are irritated. I think getting that nasty thing out of your neck should produce good results for you if your surgeon cuts the styloid short enough.
Here’s a post from the first person on our forum to report a TORS surgery. Note it’s from 2021:
adriene61
I didn’t have the throat or tongue pain. I had wild headaches, positional, electrical, stabbing. Face neuralgia. Shoulder and neck pain. Double and blurry vision. I had bilateral intr oral syloid and process removal with the Davinici robot Nov 2019. I was 80 percent better immediately. However I have many other health issues. Nothing to do with Eagles Syndrome. He did take everything out and he warned me of all the risk and that fragments can break off in surgery. Unfortunately I started having temporal pain and jaw pain recently and he did a CT scan and I had part of my process break off on each side and calcify, entagled in nerves. He was going to take both fragments out Feb 26th but he got in there and he said he had to move so much around he felt better waiting on the right side until the left recovered. All went great and I am doing the right side next Friday. I can’t say enough about him. One of the best doctors/surgeon you will ever find. Best of Luck to you!
(from this discussion thread - Anyone else have these symptoms.......? - #8 by adriene61)