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. 2020 Oct 31:23:48-52.
doi: 10.37825/2239-9747.1009. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Pharmacological, Surgical and Diagnostic Innovations in Meniere's Disease: A Review

A Scarpa  1 , M Ralli  2 , E De Bonis  1 , D Troisi  1 , A Montanino  1 , P Viola  3 , G Chiarella  3 , F M Gioacchini  4 , M Cavaliere  1 , E Cassandro  1 , C Cassandro  5
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Pharmacological, Surgical and Diagnostic Innovations in Meniere's Disease: A Review

A Scarpa et al. Transl Med UniSa. .

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate literature about pharmacological, surgical, and diagnostic innovations for Meniere's Disease (MD).

Summary: Meniere's disease is an inner ear disorder characterized by the presence of endolymphatic hydrops in the inner ear and symptomatology of recurrent and debilitating vertigo attacks, tinnitus, aural fullness, and fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss. Although many therapeutic options for MD have been proposed during years, no consensus has been reached by the scientific community. In the last decade, many therapeutic options have been proposed, as intratympanic steroid, intratympanic gentamicin, and intravenous glycerol. Recently, the role of the antisecretory factor in the diet of MD patients have been investigated. Surgery is recommended for intractable MD; some authors proposed new approaches including transcanal endoscopic infracochlear vestibular neurectomy, new marsupiliazation technique in sac surgery, and tenotomy of the stapedius and tensor tympani muscles.

Keywords: Meniere’s disease; diuretics; endolymphatic hydrops; gentamicin; glycerol; intratympanic therapy.

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