surgery to remove some part of the inner ear is an effective intervention to relieve of symptoms. an informed care can decline the patient's fears, and also a pre-operating patient education can facilitate the patient’s recovery. patients, who are in a labyrinthectomy waiting list, feel a combination of anxiety and release. they have spent lots of time to find a treatment for their severe ...

Introduction The nature and extent of membrane damage encountered in Meniere disease remains unexplained. Pressure-induced membrane stress may underlie the characteristic hydropic distention. Analysis of stress in the several vestibular chambers may offer insight into the nature and progression of Meniere disease. Objective Membrane stress levels will be assessed by constructing a specific mode...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Menière disease and idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss can have overlapping clinical presentation and may have similar pathophysiology. Prior studies using postcontrast 3D-FLAIR MR imaging suggest abnormal blood-labyrinth barrier permeability in both conditions, but the 2 diseases have not been directly compared by using the same imaging techniques. We hypothesi...

Ménière's disease with all of its clinical manifestations can be divided into two categories – those symptoms that derive from the cochlea (the anterior labyrinth) and/or those that arise from the vestibular labyrinth or the posterior part of the inner ear. The symptoms that arise from the cochlea include hearing loss, which can be fluctuant and progressive and often is, or tinnitus which can b...

As our population ages, there has been an increase in the prevalence of cancer and heart disease [1]. Modern treatment strategies have led to improvement in the chances of surviving a diagnosis of cancer; however, these treatments can come at a cost [2]. Cardiotoxicity, a relatively new term in the medical literature, refers to the impact of cancer therapies on the heart and cardiovascular syst...