Strategies for the treatment of labyrinthine fistula in chronic purulent otitis media with cholesteatoma
Patiakina, O.K.; Garov, E.V.
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii 1: 6-9
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4668 PMID: 9505523 Document Number: 491554
The paper presents the results of surgery performed in 75 patients with labyrinthine fistula in otitis media chronica purulenta with cholesteatoma; describes the proposed procedure of selective laser destruction of vestibular receptors using energy of neodymium laser which provides the relief of vertigo without damage to the initial level of hearing; shows its advantages over conventional surgical treatment.