Treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. A clinical review

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-04-14
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Benignparoxysmalpositionalvertigo(BPPV)isthemostfrequentepisodicvestibulardisorder.Itisduetootolithreststhatarefreeintothecanalsorattachedtothecupulas.Wellover90%ofpatientscanbesuccessfullytreatedwithmanoeuvresthatmovetheparticlesbacktotheutriculus.Amongthegreatvarietyofproceduresthathavebeendescribed,themanoeuvresthataresupportedbyevidenced-basedstudiesorextensiveseriesarecommentedinthisreview.SometopicsregardingBPPVtreatment,suchascontrollingtheaccuracyoftheproceduresortheutilityofpost-manoeuvrerestrictionsarealsodiscussed.