Does intratympanic gentamicin treatment for Meniere's disease cause complete vestibular ablation?

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-87

  Hone, Stephen W ^a   Nedzelski, Julian ^a   Chen, Joseph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Intratympanic gentamycin; Labyrinthectomy; Meniere's disease

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION;

ADULT; CALORIC TESTS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0034129142     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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