A dehiscent superior semicircular canal may be plugged and resurfaced via the transmastoid route

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-139

  Fiorino, Francesco ^a   Barbieri, Franco ^a   Pizzini, Francesca B ^a   Beltramello, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disequilibrium; Mastoid surgery; Oscillopsia; Superior canal dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EAR SURGERY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 74349095862     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181b76b9e     Document Type: Article

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