LABYRINTHECTOMY

Course overview

LABYRINTHECTOMY IS PERFORMED TO TREAT INTRACTABLE VERTIGO. IT ABLATES THE ABNORMAL SIGNALS FROM A DISEASED VESTIBULAR SYSTEM IN ORDER TO FACILITATE CENTRAL COMPENSATION. IT CAN BE PERFORMED VIA A TRANSCANAL OR A TRANSMASTOID APPROACH. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, AND COMPLICATIONS OF LABYRINTHECTOMY AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MONITORING AND MANAGING THE CLINICAL SEQUELAE OF THIS SURGERY.