New treatment strategy for apogeotropic horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

  • 9 de dezembro de 2016

Francisco Zuma e Maia

• Department of Neurotology, Clínica Maia, Canoas, RS, Brazil

 

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.

Keywords

Apogeotropic horizontal canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; vertigo; repositioning maneuver.

Link para o artigo: http://audiologyresearch.org/index.php/audio/article/view/163

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