ArticleActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2023
Canal switch: a possible complication of physical therapeutic manoeuvers for posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
Article in Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- [Efficacy analysis of Epley procedure and Semont procedure with different lateral lying angles of the head in posterior semicircular canal BPPV].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025Trial
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- Revisiting BPPV: Incidence and Behavior of Atypical Variants.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Unilateral Triple Canal Repositioning Maneuver: Principles and Design.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the impact of postural restrictions after Semont liberatory maneuver on immediate reactions and short-term outcome in the posterior semicircular canal canalolithiasis: a preliminary study.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: To study the frequency of canal switch in posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) treated by canalith repositioning manoeuver (CRP), quick liberatory rotation manoeuver (QLR) or Semont manoeuver (SM). Methods: Retrospective study on 1158 patients, 637 women and 521 men suffering from geotropic posterior canal BPPV treated by CRP, QLR, or SM, retested after 15 minutes and about seven days. Results: 1146 patients recovered from the acute phase; treatments failed in 12 patients treated with CRP. We observed 12 canal switches from posterior to lateral canal and 2 from posterior to anterior canal during or after CRP in 13/879 cases (1.5%) and after QLR in 1/158 (0.6%) with no significant difference between CRP vs SM and QLR. We did not consider slight positional downbeat nystagmus after the therapeutic manoeuvers as a sign of canal switch into the anterior canal, but as a sign of persistent small debris in the non-ampullar arm of the posterior canal. Conclusions: Canal switch is rare for any manoeuver and it does not belong to the criteria to choose one manoeuver over another. Notably, due to the canal switching criteria, SM and QLR cannot be preferred over those with a more prolonged extension of the neck.
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