Labyrinthine fistulae: Pathobiology and management

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 340-346

  Minor, Lloyd B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Chronic otitis media; Hearing loss; Hennebert sign; Labyrinthine fistula; Perilymphatic fistula; Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome; Temporal bone CT scan; Tullio phenomenon; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; CHOLESTEATOMA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOLYMPH; FISTULA; HUMAN; INNER EAR; LABYRINTH FISTULA; MIDDLE EAR; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERILYMPH; PERILYMPH FISTULA; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STAPEDECTOMY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOLYMPH; FISTULA; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; LABYRINTHINE FLUIDS; OTITIS MEDIA; PERILYMPH; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTIGO;

EID: 0141617508     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200310000-00006     Document Type: Review

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