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ArticleLaryngoscope investigative otolaryngology2021

Surgical treatments of superior semicircular canal dehiscence: A single-centre experience in 63 cases.

Pauline Nieto, Yohan Gallois, Charles-Edouard Molinier, Olivier Deguine, Mathieu Marx

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Article in Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparison of Outcomes in Superior Canal Dehiscence Surgery Using Either Transmastoid or Middle Fossa Surgical Approaches: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pauline NietoService d'ORL, Otoneurologie et ORL Pédiatrique CHU Toulouse Purpan Toulouse France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2783-0525
Yohan GalloisService d'ORL, Otoneurologie et ORL Pédiatrique CHU Toulouse Purpan Toulouse France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3197-8290
Charles-Edouard MolinierService d'ORL, Otoneurologie et ORL Pédiatrique CHU Toulouse Purpan Toulouse France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4383-7436
Olivier DeguineService d'ORL, Otoneurologie et ORL Pédiatrique CHU Toulouse Purpan Toulouse France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4174-2580
Mathieu MarxService d'ORL, Otoneurologie et ORL Pédiatrique CHU Toulouse Purpan Toulouse France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-8885
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier · FRHôpital Purpan · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveDifferent procedures have been described to treat superior canal dehiscence. The present study aims to describe the results obtained with middle fossa approach, transmastoid approach, and round window reinforcement in a large series of patients. METHODS AND

designIn this single-center retrospective study, we report the results of the procedures performed between 2006 and 2019 using the three main surgical approaches, middle fossa approach (MFA), transmastoid approach (TMA), and round window reinforcement (RWR). The outcome on cardinal cochlear and vestibular symptoms, audiometric results, and changes in cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs) were analyzed. The patients were also interviewed 12 months to 13 years post-treatment to establish their overall satisfaction following surgery.

resultsSixty-three patients were divided into three groups: 42 MFA; 12 RWR; 9 TMA. Postsurgical control rates exceeded 80% for the majority of symptoms in the MFA and TMA groups, and ranged from 11.1% to 83.3% for the RWR group. Over 90% of MFA or TMA patients and 60% of the RWR cohort were satisfied overall with their treatment. Hearing thresholds were intact following surgery in the MFA and TMA groups. There was one case of profound postoperative deafness in the RWR group.

conclusionMFA and TMA are both safe and effective techniques in the treatment of disabling SSCD. Since MFA is the more invasive technique, we suggest that TMA should be proposed as first-line treatment, temporal bone anatomy permitting. RWR outcomes are more variable in term of symptomatic control, and this option could be offered to patients at risk under general anesthesia. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 4 evidence.

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hearing losssuperior canal dehiscencevertigo

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