Vestibular Nerve Section Surgery

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Vestibular nerve section surgery. It requires general anesthesia and an overnight hospital stay. This procedure involves cutting the nerve that connects balance and movement sensors in your inner ear to the brain vestibular nerve. Vertiginous disorders which can be surgically cured are ménière s disease vestibular neuronitis chronic labyrinthitis and benign positional.

This is a last resort treatment option that is performed if you have good hearing in the affected ear but have not experienced symptom relief after. Results of labyrinthectomy are very similar to vestibular nerve section eisenman et al 2001. Vestibular nerve section.

The vestibular branch of the vestibulo cochlear nerve is cut in one ear to stop the flow of balance information from that ear to the brain. Overview of vestibular schwannoma surgery. The first step is a craniotomy the removal of a small section of skull so the surgeon can access the location of your tumor.

Vestibular schwannoma surgery takes place within a hospital setting while you are under general anesthesia. Surgery is rarely used to treat it. Nevertheless one of the major issues with vestibular nerve section is postoperative compensation and instability which can be quite prolonged in some patients and this important aspect remains poorly evaluated in the literature.

In general ttg treatment seems more reasonable than vestibular nerve section or labyrinthectomy in most cases because of the lack of major complications and also because of the lack of a need for general anesthesia. As it is the most invasive and risky of the surgical procedures offered for this condition other options first. Common surgical procedures are the endolymphatic subarachnoid shunt retrolabyrinthine vestibular neurectomy cochleovestibular neurectomy and the post ampullary nerve section singular neurectomy.

This procedure usually corrects problems with vertigo while attempting to preserve hearing in the affected ear. The brain can then compensate for the loss by using only the opposite ear to maintain balance. A vestibular nerve section is most appropriate for candidates who are suffering from severe meniere s disease and are experiencing recurrent vertigo attacks associated with the condition.