Journal Reviews

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Semicircular canal dehiscence and cochlear implantation

6 September 2021 | | Auditory Implants, Neurotology, Vestibular Disorders | Cochlear implant, Cochlear implantation, Hearing preservation, Semicircular canal dehiscence, Word perception

Semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) is thought to occur in 3% of the population, it is mostly asymptomatic, but patients may present with sound-induced vestibular symptoms, low-frequency conductive hearing loss, autophony, hyperacusis and aural fulness. With the increasing utilisation of cochlear...

Canal plugging for intractable Meniere’s disease

30 April 2020 | | Neurotology, Vestibular Disorders | Meniere’s disease, Semicircular canal plugging, Vertigo

In this single centre retrospective study, the authors applied semicircular canal plugging, well known as a treatment for refractory BPPV, to intractable unilateral Meniere’s disease (MD) that had failed to respond to medical treatment with betahistine and hydrochlorothiazide. However, in...

Should all patients with BPPV have an MRI?

1 July 2018 | | Aetiology, Algorithm, BPPV, Demographic, Dix-Hallpike, Epley manoeuvre, European, Incidental finding, Infection, MRI, Scan, Semicircular canal, Surgery, Trauma, Tumour, Vertigo

This paper describes an interesting series of 500 patients over a 10-year period with posterior canal BPPV, who had been investigated with MRI. The female to male ratio was 1.6:1 with a mean age of 56. There was a right...