Vertigo Perception and Quality of Life in Patients After Surgical Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Surgical removal of vestibular schwannoma causes acute vestibular symptoms, including postoperative vertigo and oscilopsia due to nystagmus. In general, the dominant symptom postoperatively is vertigo. Preoperative chemical vestibular ablation can reduce vestibular symptoms postoperatively.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Motol
• Treatments: Gentamicins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• clinical diagnosis of vestibular schwannoma

• hearing loss on affected side

• preserved vestibular reactivity of labyrinths on the affected side

Exclusion Criteria:

• allergy to gentamicin

• vestibular areflexia on the affected side