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  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,201 Views
11 Pages

Hearing Results after Transmastoid Superior Semicircular Canal Plugging for Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: A Meta-Analysis

  • Efterpi Michailidou,
  • Pascal Oliver Rüegg,
  • Tanya Karrer,
  • Athanasia Korda,
  • Stefan Weder,
  • Martin Kompis,
  • Marco Caversaccio and
  • Georgios Mantokoudis

8 October 2023

Objective: The transmastoid plugging of a superior semicircular canal is considered a safe and effective technique for the management of superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD). The aim of this meta-analysis is to assess the postoperative heari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,692 Views
11 Pages

Cochlear Aqueduct Morphology in Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome

  • Nimesh V. Nagururu,
  • Diane Jung,
  • Ferdinand Hui,
  • Monica S. Pearl,
  • John P. Carey and
  • Bryan K. Ward

The cochlear aqueduct (CA) connects the scala tympani to the subarachnoid space and is thought to assist in pressure regulation of perilymph in normal ears, however, its role and variation in inner ear pathology, such as in superior canal dehiscence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
483 Views
6 Pages

28 November 2025

Does Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence Surgery Resolve or Exacerbate BPPV? Background/Objectives: BPPV is commonly found to be associated with other inner ear disorders. It has been found to occur with Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence (SSC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,483 Views
10 Pages

Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus and High Frequency Ocular Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Superior Canal Dehiscence

  • Ángel Batuecas-Caletrío,
  • Alejandra Jara,
  • Victor Manuel Suarez-Vega,
  • Susana Marcos-Alonso,
  • Hortensia Sánchez-Gómez and
  • Nicolas Pérez-Fernández

14 April 2022

Background: Although diagnostic criteria have been established for superior canal dehiscence syndrome, cases in which the diagnosis is not easy are frequent. On those occasions, some tests such as vibration-induced nystagmus or vestibular-evoked myog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,868 Views
19 Pages

Impaired Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex on Video Head Impulse Test in Superior Canal Dehiscence: “Spontaneous Plugging” or Endolymphatic Flow Dissipation?

  • Andrea Castellucci,
  • Pasquale Malara,
  • Salvatore Martellucci,
  • Mohamad Alfarghal,
  • Cristina Brandolini,
  • Gianluca Piras,
  • Enrico Armato,
  • Rosanna Rita Ruberto,
  • Pasquale Brizzi and
  • Angelo Ghidini
  • + 1 author

20 October 2023

Surgical plugging of the superior semicircular canal (SSC) represents an effective procedure to treat disabling symptoms in superior canal dehiscence (SCD), despite resulting in an impaired vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain for the SSC. On the other...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,111 Views
12 Pages

9 September 2021

Compare the sensitivity and specificity of cVEMP (500 Hz), oVEMP (500 Hz and 4 kHz) in the identification of SSCD. A secondary objective was to identify the influence of dehiscence size and location on cVEMP and oVEMP responses. Methods: Individuals...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,329 Views
17 Pages

Background/Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the superior and posterior semicircular canals (SCs) in cases with and without dehiscence gives results similar to those of CT. As a n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
500 Views
15 Pages

Spontaneous SSCD Auto-Plugging: Clinical, Electrophysiological and Radiological Evidence

  • Pierre Reynard,
  • Eugenia Mustea,
  • Aïcha Ltaief-Boudrigua,
  • Andrea Castellucci,
  • Hung Thai-Van and
  • Eugen C. Ionescu

13 November 2025

Background: Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) is characterized by a bony defect of the superior semicircular canal (SSC), leading to vestibular and auditory symptoms. A process of spontaneous “auto-plugging,” in which the over...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,387 Views
20 Pages

Skull Vibration-Induced Nystagmus in Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: A New Insight into Vestibular Exploration—A Review

  • Georges Dumas,
  • Ian Curthoys,
  • Andrea Castellucci,
  • Laurent Dumas,
  • Laetitia Peultier-Celli,
  • Enrico Armato,
  • Pasquale Malara,
  • Philippe Perrin and
  • Sébastien Schmerber

22 January 2024

The third window syndrome, often associated with the Tullio phenomenon, is currently most often observed in patients with a superior semicircular-canal dehiscence (SCD) but is not specific to this pathology. Clinical and vestibular tests suggestive o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,911 Views
18 Pages

Utility and Challenges of Imaging in Peripheral Vestibular Disorder Diagnosis: A Narrative Review

  • Gabriela Cornelia Musat,
  • Codrut Sarafoleanu,
  • Mihai Alexandru Preda,
  • Calin Petru Tataru,
  • George G. Mitroi,
  • Andreea Alexandra Mihaela Musat,
  • Mihnea Radu and
  • Ovidiu Musat

This review focuses on the contribution of medical imaging in the diagnosis of peripheral vestibular disorders. This is a narrative review based on a focused literature search conducted using PubMed and the Cochrane Library. Imaging is not usually re...

  • Comment
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,110 Views
4 Pages

23 September 2024

We read, with great interest, two recent articles by Castellucci and al [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,353 Views
17 Pages

Posterior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence with Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Reduction for the Affected Canal at the Video-Head Impulse Test: Considerations to Pathomechanisms

  • Andrea Castellucci,
  • Georges Dumas,
  • Sawsan M. Abuzaid,
  • Enrico Armato,
  • Salvatore Martellucci,
  • Pasquale Malara,
  • Mohamad Alfarghal,
  • Rosanna Rita Ruberto,
  • Pasquale Brizzi and
  • Sébastien Schmerber
  • + 2 authors

24 March 2024

Posterior semicircular canal dehiscence (PSCD) has been demonstrated to result in a third mobile window mechanism (TMWM) in the inner ear similar to superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD). Typical clinical and instrumental features of TMWM, in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,285 Views
17 Pages

The Third Mobile Window Syndrome: A Clinical Spectrum of Different Anatomical Locations—Characterization, Therapeutic Response, and Implications in the Development of Endolymphatic Hydrops

  • Joan Lorente-Piera,
  • Raquel Manrique-Huarte,
  • Nicolás Pérez Fernández,
  • Diego Calavia Gil,
  • Marcos Jiménez Vázquez,
  • Pablo Domínguez and
  • Manuel Manrique

28 November 2024

Background/Objectives: Multiple dehiscences of the otic capsule can exhibit behavior similar to Ménière’s disease, not only from a clinical perspective but also in the results of audiovestibular tests. The main objective of this s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,510 Views
14 Pages

12 April 2024

Introduction: We present a series of six cases whose clinical presentations exhibited audiovestibular manifestations of a third mobile window mechanism, bearing a reasonable resemblance to Ménière’s disease and otosclerosis. The o...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,378 Views
13 Pages

Comparison of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Radiographs Using Clinically Relevant Parameters

  • Julia C. Schmidt,
  • Claudia-Julie Gutekunst,
  • Dorothea Dagassan-Berndt,
  • Patrick R. Schmidlin and
  • Clemens Walter

1 May 2019

This work compared the assessment of clinically relevant parameters by two-dimensional, that is, full-mouth intraoral radiograph (I-O) and panoramic radiograph (OPT), and three-dimensional, that is, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), imaging metho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,494 Views
19 Pages

Round Window Reinforcement-Induced Changes in Intracochlear Sound Pressure

  • Nuwan Liyanage,
  • Lukas Prochazka,
  • Julian Grosse,
  • Adrian Dalbert,
  • Sonia Tabibi,
  • Michail Chatzimichalis,
  • Ivo Dobrev,
  • Tobias Kleinjung,
  • Alexander Huber and
  • Flurin Pfiffner

30 May 2021

Introduction: The round window membrane (RWM) acts as a pressure-relieving membrane for incompressible cochlear fluid. The reinforcement of the RWM has been used as a surgical intervention for the treatment of superior semicircular canal dehiscence a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,056 Views
9 Pages

28 November 2024

Introduction and Objectives: Skull vibration-induced nystagmus (SVIN) has become a validated tool for evaluating the vestibular function. The presence of SVIN is a useful indicator of the asymmetry of vestibular function between the two ears. In unil...