title: Transmastoid repair of superior semicircular canal dehiscence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe the successful operative management of a patient with superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome, using the transmastoid approach under local anaesthesia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The transmastoid approach was used to plug the superior semicircular canal.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Post-operatively, the patient experienced significant improvement in his symptoms of sound- and pressure-induced dysequilibrium, autophony and imbalance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Successful operative management of superior semicircular canal dehiscence can be achieved via the transmastoid approach under local anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Seth G S Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India. drmvk@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kirtane
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Satwalekar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology