title: Placebo effect in surgery for Menière's disease: nine-year follow-up.
abstract: A 9-year follow-up report of our study on endolymphatic shunt procedure versus mastoidectomy is presented. Success has been maintained in about 70% of the patients in both groups and no significant differences between the two groups have been found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bretlau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tos
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Johnsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004713:Endolymphatic Shunt; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged