New Treatment Strategy for Apogeotropic Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Department of Neurotology, Clínica Maia, Canoas, RS, Brazil
Audiol. Res. 2016, 6(2), 163; https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.163
Submission received: 25 August 2016
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Revised: 29 September 2016
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Accepted: 29 September 2016
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Published: 24 November 2016
Abstract
The apogeotropic variant of horizontal semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (HC-BPPV) is attributed to canalithiasis of the anterior arm or cupulolithiasis. Despite some therapeutic maneuvers, I propose a new treatment strategy for apogeotropic HCBPPV that is designed to detach both the otoconial debris from the anterior arm of the semicircular canal and the debris that is attached to the utricular side of the cupula using inertia and gravity and based on simulations with a 3D biomechanical model.
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Chicago/Turabian StyleZuma e Maia, Francisco. 2016. "New Treatment Strategy for Apogeotropic Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo" Audiology Research 6, no. 2: 163. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.163
