Experience of Chorda Tympanectomy after ROSEN in Meniere's Disease
Especially on its Technique
1968 Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 105-109
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1968 Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 105-109
Ménière's disease is usually treated conservatively. If the disease is, however, stubborn for conservative treatments it would be unavoidable to be treated surgically.
The author recently had a chance to perform chorda tympanectomy after ROSEN in such four cases. By this operation two patients were cured of attacks of vertigo and the remaining two got better.
The author preferred to perform the operation by retroauricular approach. By this route the author could succeed in performing the operation more easily and safely without injuring tympanic membranes even in the patients who had narrow external auditory canals.
From these experiences the author concludes as follows:
1. The chorda tympanectomy after ROSEN is certainly effective in some cases of stubborn Méière's disease.
2. By retroauricular approach this operation is considered to be performed more easily and safely even in the patient who has narrow external auditory canals.
