Large Vestibular Aqueduct-Associated Symptoms: Endolymphatic Duct Blockage as a Surgical Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of endolymphatic duct blockage (EDB) on dizziness control in patients with a large vestibular aqueduct (LVA) and to evaluate its effect on hearing.

Study design

This is a prospective nonrandomized study.

Setting

Five adults and one child with dizziness and five children with progressive hearing loss were referred to our tertiary centers.

Methods

The dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) and DHI-PC (dizziness handicap inventory-patient caregiver) questionnaires were used before and after surgery. All patients underwent a preoperative temporal bone HRCT scan and pure tone audiometry one day before surgery, then four and twelve months after surgery and at the last follow-up. The mean follow-up time was 5.6 year

SUBMITTER: Saliba I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10961693 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature