Treatment of the horizontal semicircular canal canalithiasis: Pros and cons of the repositioning maneuvers in a clinical study and critical review of the literature

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1302-1308

  Korres, Stavros ^a   Riga, Maria G ^b   Xenellis, John ^a   Korres, George S ^c   Danielides, Vasilios ^b  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Canalithiasis; Geotropic nystagmus; Horizontal; Lateral semicircular canal; Repositioning maneuvers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; LITHIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052960864     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31822f0bc5     Document Type: Article

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