The sacculotomy procedure.

Abstract

In patients who have unilateral idiopathic endolymphatic hydrops with intractable, severe episodic vertigo and established sensorineural deafness that cannot be helped by a hearing aid, the Cody tack procedure is the conservative procedure of choice. Local anesthesia is used, morbidity is unusual, vertigo is controlled in almost 80% of patients, and hearing can be maintained or improved.

• Authors: T J McDonald, D T Cody
• Journal: Otolaryngologic clinics of North America (Otolaryngol Clin North Am) Vol. 27 Issue 2 Pg. 403-10 (Apr 1994) ISSN: 0030-6665 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8022617 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Endolymphatic Hydrops (complications, surgery)
• Humans
• Otolaryngology (instrumentation)
• Saccule and Utricle (surgery)
• Surgical Instruments
• Vertigo (etiology, surgery)