Selection criteria and treatment of patients with disabling positional vertigo.
The selection criteria and treatment of a form of vestibular disorder labeled 'disabling positional vertigo' (DPV) are given. Microvascular decompression of the auditory-vestibular nerve in 207 patients with DPV resulted in a cure rate of 79%. However, most of the patients with DPV (approximately 80%) were successfully treated by medication.
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pa., USA. amoller@utdallas.edu
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D001299:Audiometry; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000601:surgery
D002998:Clonazepam; D003975:Diazepam