Case Report: New Application of a Gufoni Maneuver Variation for Apogeotropic Lateral Semicircular Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several canalith repositioning procedures (CRPs) such as Gufoni maneuver have been proposed to treat the apogeotropic lateral semicircular canal variant of BPPV (LC-BPPV). The reported success rate varied widely in different studies. Research showed that there was a risk of treatment failure due to insufficient repositioning of the debris. So far, there is insufficient evidence to recommend a preferable CRP for apogeotropic LC-BPPV.

Case description

A 49-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man diagnosed with apogeotropic LC-BPPV relapse were treated with original Gufoni maneuver for apogeotropic variant but no satisfactory result was obtained. A variation of Gufoni maneuver originally proposed for the geotropic variant was applied to detach otoconia toward the utricl

SUBMITTER: Dong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226421 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature