Surgical Labyrinthectomy
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Keywords
Méniére disease, vertigo, disequilibrium, labyrinthectomy, entamicin
Abstract
The surgical treatment of vertigo can be classified into two main groups: non-ablative and ablative. The surgical labyrinthectomy is an ablative treatment in which no hearing is preserved. Its main indication is the disabling peripherical and unilateral vestibular symp- toms that do not improve with pharmacological measures or with psychiatric therapy, in patients with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. There are two types of ap- proaches for labyrinthectomy, transmastoid and transcanal, the first is the gold standard to eliminate the vestibular function. Here, we present two cases of patients undergoing these procedures, one by transmastoid approach and the other by transcanal approach.
