Effectiveness of Brandt Daroff, Semont and Epley maneuvers in the treatment of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

The aim was to compare the effectiveness of Brandt-Daroff, Semont and Epley maneuver in BPPV resolution. A Single Blind RCT in a Secondary Care Center was performed. Inclusion criteria were: patients with unilateral rotatory nystagmus on Dix-Hallpike Maneuver (DHM).

Short-Term Effect of Epley Maneuver as Treatment for Subjective Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

Subjective Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (S-BPPV) is an atypical form of BPPV, its treatment is not well characterized and is not well known among otolaryngologists. The main aim of this study was to estimate the short-term efficacy of Epley maneuver as treatment for S-BPPV. This was a prospective study in a secondary care center.

Multiple Audiometric Analysis in the Screening of Vestibular Schwannoma.

Introduction Asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss is the main early symptom of retrocochlear lesions, hence its importance in screening for vestibular schwannomas. Currently, there is no consensus regarding its definition. The objective was to identify the audiometric pattern that would serve as a predictor for vestibular schwannoma in patients with asymmetric hearing loss.

In Search of a Neurotologic Profile in COVID-19 - A Study in Health Care Workers.

Introduction COVID-19 is an emerging disease and the neurotologic symptoms are still not well understood. Furthermore, the development of a neurotological profile and its associated factors can help the clinician in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. The objective is to determine the neurotologic manifestations experienced by COVID-19 positive health care workers and their associated factors.

On-Demand and Low Dose Intratympanic Gentamicin for Meniere's Disease: A Customized Approach.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of on demand and low dose intratympanic gentamicin (ITG) in patients with intractable Meniere's disease (MD).

Study Design: Clinical chart review.

Setting: Secondary care center.

Adaptation and validation of the chronic otitis media questionnaire 12 (COMQ-12) in the Mexican Spanish language (COMQ-12-Mx).

Chronic otitis media (COM) questionnaire 12 (COMQ-12) is a specific-disease tool that evaluates COM patients. To validate COMQ-12 in the Mexican Spanish language (COMQ-12-Mx). Mexican Spanish-speaking healthy volunteers and COM patients who attended a Secondary Care Center from May 2019 to October 2019.

Efficacy of topical clotrimazole vs. topical tolnaftate in the treatment of otomycosis. A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Introduction: Otomycosis, an infection of the ear canal by fungi, is prevalent in hot and humid weather. Nevertheless, there is not sufficient evidence for the effectiveness of different topical antifungal treatments. Tolnaftate, is a topical antifungal agent described to be effective in the treatment of otomycosis.

An Emergent Entity: Indolent Mucormycosis of the Paranasal Sinuses. A Multicenter Study.

 Indolent or chronic mucormycosis is a rare entity that affects both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent individuals. Additionally, its clinical evolution is nonspecific and there is no standardized treatment for this condition.  To describe the clinical characteristics and management of patients with indolent mucormycosis.

Evaluation and interpretation of the bucket test in healthy individuals.

Objective: To determine and interpret the range of normal deviation of the bucket test in healthy subjects Subjects and methods: Study design: Cross-sectional study in a secondary care center.

Inclusion Criteria: subjects ≥18 years old with no otologic or neurologic symptoms and normal complete neuro-otological examination. The subjective visual vertical was evaluated binocularly using the bucket test.

Refractory episodic vertigo: role of intratympanic gentamicin and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials.

Introduction: Even today, the treatment of intractable vertigo remains a challenge. Vestibular ablation with intratympanic gentamicin stands as a good alternative in the management of refractory vertigo patients.

Objective: To control intractable vertigo through complete saccular and horizontal canal vestibular ablation with intratympanic gentamicin treatment.

End-to-Side interposed donor grafting as a facial nerve reinforcement technique after vestibular schwannoma surgery.

Objectives: This retrospective case review was performed to determine the facial function outcome of an end-to-side interposed donor grafting technique in patients who had a nonresponsive and partially injured facial nerve during a translabyrinthine approach for vestibular schwannoma resection.

Methods: The study included patients with silent electrophysiological tests after partial injury of the facial nerve during translabyrinthine schwannoma resection surgery in a tertiary referral hospital. The patients underwent end-to-side interposed donor grafting as a facial nerve reinforcement technique, and we evaluated their facial function after 1 year of follow-up.

The molecular biology of vestibular schwannomas and its association with hearing loss: a review.

Hearing loss is the most common symptom in patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS). In the past, compressive mechanisms caused by the tumoral mass and its growth have been regarded as the most likely causes of the hearing loss associated with VS. Interestingly, new evidence proposes molecular mechanisms as an explanation for such hearing loss.

Cochlear implantation in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 and patients with vestibular schwannoma in the only hearing ear.

Cochlear implants are a new surgical option in the hearing rehabilitation of patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) in the only hearing ear. Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) has been the standard surgical treatment for these patients. We performed a literature review of patients with NF2 and patients with VS in the only hearing ear.