[Neurectomy in Menière's Disease (author's transl)].
The transtemporal vestibular neurectomy permits an ablation of the peripheral end organ with only a low risk to the cochlea. In a totally deaf ear the internal auditory meatus is reached by a translabyrinthine approach. Besides the vestibular nerve the chochlear nerve is cut to reduce tinnitus. The neurectomy is a destructive procedure. It should be performed in otherwise resistent cases of Menière's disease.
D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000601:surgery; D004487:Edema / Q000517:prevention & control; D004710:Endolymph; D006801:Humans; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000517:prevention & control; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000601:surgery*
Neurektomie beim Morbus Menière