Triple semicircular canal plugging (tscp) is effective for vertigo control but is associated with a risk for hearing loss in patients with menre Disease (MD) SIS Published Online Dec. 5 in Plos one,

Jia Quan Zhu, from FENGDU General Hospital In Chongqing, China, and Colleagues Conducted A Meta-Analysis Involving 367 Patients with MD from Seven Studies to Examine the Effects of Tscp on Tsc. The Studies Reported on Duration, Follow-up Time, Hearing Loss, and Vertigo Control Outomes in Patients with Md.

The researchers found that tscp efficiently allevied vertigo with a rate of 99 percent and yielded a rate of heing loss of 22 percent. In a subgroup analysis, for hearing loss, 14 and 24 percent of patients Had disease Duration of more than or less than 12 months, respectively. The corresponding rates of vertigo control was 100.0 and 99.0 percent. Hearing loss rates were 23 and 20 percent in study with follow-up time of more than or less than 24 months, respectively. The corresponding rates for vertigo control was 99.0 and 99.0 percent. Disease Duration and Follow-up time had no significant impact on hising loss or vertigo control rates.

“In MD Patients Who Have Failed To Control The Symptoms by Conventional Treatment or Nondestructive Surgery ERVE Residual Hearing in Most Patients, “The Authors Write.

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