[Results of transtemporal vestibular neurectomy in the treatment of Ménière's disease].
From 1972 to 1979 transtemporal neurectomy of the vestibular nerve was performed on 42 patients suffering from therapy-resistant symptoms of ménière's disease. Regular postoperative follow-up for 3 to 10 years after neurectomy showed that all 42 patients had no further attacks of vertigo. Tinnitus was diminished or disappeared in 25 patients; postoperative audiologic controls revealed no changes in 20 patients (48%), and a hearing gain in 3 cases (7%). 19 patients (45%) present with a slowly progredient hearing loss in continuation of the preoperative development. The sensation of pressure in the ear was observed by 19 patients and improved in all of them immediately after the operation, but reappeared in 12 of them (29%) within 6 months postoperatively.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D004856:Postural Balance; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000601:surgery*
Ergebnisse der transtemporalen Vestibularisneurektomie bei der Behandlung des Morbus Ménière.