title: A Comparison of Surgical Treatments for Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: A Systematic Review.
abstract: We investigate the postoperative subjective and objective outcomes of different surgical treatments for superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD): vestibular signs, auditory signs, vestibular evoked myogenic potential test, pure tone audiogram, speech audiogram, or video-nystagmography.
  
  
  
  An electronic search performed in the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and EMBASE databases on 15th of September 2015. A systematic search was conducted. Articles were included if written in English, Dutch, German, or French language.
  
  
  
  Original studies reporting on the pre and postoperative subjective and/or objective outcomes of surgical treatments for superior semicircular canal dehiscence were included.
  
  
  
  The methodological quality of the studies was independently assessed by two reviewers using a constructed critical appraisal, to assess the directness of evidence and the risk of bias. The results of the pre and postoperative subjective and/or objective outcomes were extracted.
  
  
  
  Comparative study was conducted.
  
  
  
  Surgical treatment for SSCD is particularly effective for vestibular symptoms and there is no evidence for improvement of hearing loss after surgical treatment. Since plugging using transmastoid approach had a lower complication rate, lower revision rate, and a shorter hospital stay, this treatment is recommended in high disabled SSCD patients.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery †Vestibular & Auditory Evoked Potential Lab, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition & Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ziylan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinaci
authors.forename: Andy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Beynon
authors.forename: Henricus P M
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kunst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000601:surgery*