Long-Term Efficacy of Repositioning Maneuvers in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

作     者：Erika Barioni Mantello Ana Paula do Rego Andre Nathali Singaretti Moreno Miguel Angelo Hyppolito Julio Cesar Moriguti 

作者机构：Department of OphthalmologyOtorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryFaculty of Medicine of Ribeirao PretoUniversity of Sao PauloRibeirao PretoBrazil(HCFMRP-USP) University of FrancaSao PauloBrazil Department of Internal MedicineFaculty of Medicine of Ribeirao PretoUniversity of Sao PauloRibeirao PretoBrazil(HCFMRP-USP) 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Clinical Medicine》 (临床医学国际期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2011年第2卷第2期

页      面：171-177页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Positional Vertigo Dizziness Recurrence Omponen 

摘      要：To determine the characteristics of 12 patients with a diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) treated by the repositioning maneuver during a 24-month follow-up period after the initial discharge a longitudinal clinical study was performed in which a questionnaire for the assessment of discomfort caused by dizziness was applied at the first visit, at the last visit after treatment and 2 years after the initial discharge. Repositioning treatment was again offered to patients who suffered relapses. In 10 cases (83.34%) there was no recurrence of symptoms and 2 patients (16.66%) presented symptoms exactly 2 years after the original discharge showing that treatment of BPPV by repositioning manuevers is effective in the long term, but new studies in larger populations are needed to determine the pattern of the rates of recurrence of BPPV.