Minimally invasive transcanal endoscopic assisted endolymphatic decompression for patient with refractory Ménière’s disease

Abstract

Ménière’s disease’s most typical clinical feature are recurrent episodes of vertigo which may last for a few hours, and associated with some cochlear symptoms, such as hearing loss, tinnitus and sense of aural fullness [3]. Diagnostic criteria of Ménière’s disease were refined in 2015, and stated the definite Ménière’s disease is characterized with 2 or more spontaneous episodes of vertigo, with each lasting 20 minutes to 12 hours, fluctuating low frequency to mid- frequency sensorineural hearing loss in the affected ear, fluctuating aural symptoms with at least two episodes, such as tinnitus and fullness [5].