Treatment of anterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo by Yacovino repositioning maneuver / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
;
(24): 17-19, 2015.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-748913
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the efficacy of Yacovino repositioning maneuver in patients with anterior semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (ASC-BPPV).@*METHOD@#Nine patients were diagnosed as ASC-BPPV from January 2013 to October 2014. All the patients were performed with Yacovino repositioning maneuver and the effective rate were evaluated by Dix-Hallpike tests.@*RESULT@#Among the nine ASC-BPPV patients, 2 cases were successfully controlled by the first maneuver, 2 cases by the second time, and the nystagmus of 1 case was disappeared after 1 months' follow-up. The remaining 3 cases were respectively followed up till 7,8, 12 months with consistent positional downbeat nystagmus.@*CONCLUSION@#Being a relative low incidence disease, of ASC-BPPV also has low effective rate after Yacovino repositioning maneuver.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Therapeutics
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Semicircular Canals
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Vertigo
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Patient Positioning
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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