Ménière’s Disease

✍ Scribed by Masaaki Kitahara (auth.), Masaaki Kitahara M.D. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Tokyo
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 214
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A disease of unknown origin - this is the challenge presented by Ménière's disease and taken up by top clinicians and scientists, members and coworkers of The Vestibular Disorder Research Committee organized by The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan. They explore the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of Ménière's disease to help physicians faced with treating this intractable ailment. Specialists investigating the etiology of the disease will welcome these reports which clear the picture for future research.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Concepts and Diagnostic Criteria of Ménière’s Disease....Pages 3-12
Ménière’s Disease with Bilateral Fluctuant Hearing Loss....Pages 13-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
The Physical Strength of the Membranous Labyrinth and Its Relation to Endolymphatic Hydrops....Pages 23-33
Blood-Flow Regulation in the Vestibulum and Inner Ear Microvasculature in Experimental Hydrops: A Scanning Electron Microscopic Study....Pages 35-43
Electrophysiological Aspects of Surgically-Induced Endolymphatic Hydrops....Pages 45-56
The Developmental Pattern of Experimental Hydrops in the Endolymphatic Space....Pages 57-63
An Animal Model: Ménière’s Disease Attack....Pages 65-71
An Experimental Study on the Mechanism of the Ménière’s Attack: The Influence of High Perilymphatic Potassium Concentration on the Vestibular System....Pages 73-79
A Pathohistological Study with Four Kinds of Stress Stimulations on Active Endolymphatic Hydrops in Guinea Pigs....Pages 81-86
The Effect of Steroids on Endolymphatic Hydrops Induced by an Immunological Technique....Pages 87-91
A Pathoanatomical Study of the Endolymphatic Sac in Ménière’s Disease....Pages 93-100
Labyrinthine Anomaly and Endolymphatic Hydrops....Pages 101-105
An Anatomical Study on Cadavers with a History of Dizziness: Temporal Bone and Some Arteries, Nerve Roots, and Nuclei Related to the Internal Ear....Pages 107-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
A Statistical Study on Patients with Ménière’s Disease Visiting Our Clinic During the Past 10 Years....Pages 115-120
Prediction of Prognosis for Hearing in Ménière’s Disease....Pages 121-124
A Clinical Study of the Diagnosis of the Endolymphatic Hydrops Aspect of Ménière’s Disease....Pages 125-132
The Significance of the Furosemide VOR Test for Ménière’s Disease....Pages 133-138
Pathogenesis of the Broad Waveform in Electrocochleograms....Pages 139-145
A Test for Predicting the Next Episode in Ménière’s Disease....Pages 147-152
The Clinical Epidemiology of Ménière’s Disease: Functional Asymmetry....Pages 153-157
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The Contribution of Otolaryngologists in the Diagnosis of Neuro-Otological Disease: Acoustic Neuromas....Pages 159-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
The Treatment of Ménière’s Disease with Isosorbide....Pages 165-171
Transdermal Scopolamine in the Treatment of Vertiginous Episodes Associated with Ménière’s Disease....Pages 173-179
The Status of Endolymphatic Sac Surgery....Pages 181-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Endolymphatic Hydrops Induced by Chronic Otitis Media....Pages 191-198
Sudden Deafness with Bilateral Endolymphatic Hydrops....Pages 199-209
Secondary or Idiopathic Endolymphatic Hydrops?....Pages 211-216
Back Matter....Pages 217-220

✦ Subjects

Otorhinolaryngology