Operative management of a posterior semicircular canal dehiscence

Laryngoscope. 2006 Mar;116(3):375-8. doi: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000200358.93385.5c.

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the operative management of posterior canal dehiscence.

Methods: A transmastoid approach to and plugging of the posterior canal was performed for posterior semicircular canal dehiscence (PSCD).

Results: Postoperatively, the patient exhibited improvement in conductive hearing loss and vestibular symptoms.

Conclusions: PSCD can cause symptoms identical to that of superior semicircular canal dehiscence. Successful PSCD plugging can be performed without visualization of the actual area of dehiscence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hearing Loss, Conductive / diagnosis
  • Hearing Loss, Conductive / etiology
  • Humans
  • Labyrinth Diseases / complications
  • Labyrinth Diseases / diagnosis
  • Labyrinth Diseases / surgery*
  • Otologic Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Semicircular Canals / pathology
  • Semicircular Canals / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vertigo / etiology
  • Vestibular Function Tests