SURGICAL TREATMENT OF VERTIGO
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF VERTIGO
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DOI:
10.1017/s0022215100081779
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
FISCH, U
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作者:
FISCH, U
IN 1966, following a visit to William House in Los Angeles, we developed a surgical approach to excise the meatal segment of the vestibular nerve through the middle cranial fossa. This operation—called'vestibular neurectomy'or'scarpectomy'—was designed to relieve the symptom of vertigo caused by a peripheral vestibular disorder while preserving hearing. In this paper we will report on the 5 year follow-up results obtained by the surgical treatment of vertigo in 90 patients representing 22 per cent of the cases seen at the ENT Department of the University of Zurich with the clinical triad of deafness, tinnitus, and episodic vertigo between 1967 and 1970. The diagnosis of Meniere's disease was made in each operated case after exclusion of any known aetiology for the observed symptoms. Although vestibular neurectomy was performed in more than 50 per cent of the instances, our discussion will not be confined to this operation alone, but include the results obtained by all the surgical procedures used.