Efficacy and safety of bilateral posterior canal occlusion in patients with refractory benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: Case report series

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 640-642

  Ramakrishna, Jayant ^a   Goebel, Joel A ^b   Parnes, Lorne S ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilateral posterior canal occlusion; Refractory benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VERTIGO;

AGED; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTIGO;

EID: 84861335416     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31824bae56     Document Type: Article

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