Anterior canal lithiasis: Diagnosis and treatment

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-418

  Casani, Augusto Pietro ^a   Cerchiai, Niccolò ^a   Dallan, Iacopo ^a   Sellari Franceschini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior semicircular canal; Canalith repositioning maneuver; Otolith; Positional vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SEMICIRCULAR CANAL BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CANALITH REPOSITIONING PROCEDURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AUDITORY CANAL; EAR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STONE FORMATION; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; EAR CANAL; EAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VERTIGO;

EID: 79959791315     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599810393879     Document Type: Article

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