Can we predict the efficacy of the semont maneuver in the treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal?

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1008-1011

  Soto Varela, Andrés ^a,b   Rossi Izquierdo, Marcos ^c   Santos Pérez, Sofía ^a,b  

^a University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Complejo Hospitalario de Lugo ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Cupulolithiasis; Semont maneuver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 80051745830     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182267f02     Document Type: Article

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