Traumatic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo:clinical features and prognosis / 中华神经科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the chnical features and prognosis of traumatic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (t-BPPV).Methods By retrospectively analyzing the results of clinical features and prognosis in 19 patients with t-BPPV from January 2003 to September 2006,the results were compared with 51 patients with idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (i-BPPV).Results The mean ages were (51.3?19.1) years in t-BPPV group and (63.2?16.5) years in i-BPPV group,the difference was significant (t=2.57,P0.05).The one-stage success rates were 62.5% in t-BPPV group and 83.6% in i-BPPV group,the difference was significant (x~2=4.94,P