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Clinical significance of the large vestibular aquaeduct

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Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids

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Abstract

The so-called large vestibular aquaeduct has been the subject of investigation since Valvassori coined the term in 1978 (Valvassori and Clemis 1978; Valvassori 1983; Jackler and de la Cruz 1989; Emmett 1985; Levenson et al. 1989; Arcand et al. 1991; Schessel et al. 1992). The clinical significance of this morphological change remains doubtful as yet. It was therefore the aim of the present study to screen our own material and to compare it with the literature to obtain appropriate conditions for a prospective study. Moreover, it should be investigated whether:

  • the width of the the vestibular aquaeduct and the hearing loss are correlated

  • there are other cochleo-vestibular symptoms

  • patients with a wide vestibular aquaeduct are particularly susceptible to head trauma.

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  1. Dept. Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Germany

    B. P. Weber, C. Kappler & A. Ernst

  2. Dept. Neuroradiology, Hannover Medical School, Germany

    B. Dietrich

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Straße 8, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Arne Ernst PD Dr. med.

  2. NIPA Unit, Wessex Regional Center for Pediatric Surgery, SO9 4XY, Southampton, UK

    Robert Marchbanks PhD, MSc

  3. Krankenhaus Nordstadt, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Haltenhoffstraße 41, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Madjid Samii (Direktor der Neurochirurgischen Klinik) (Direktor der Neurochirurgischen Klinik)

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Weber, B.P., Dietrich, B., Kappler, C., Ernst, A. (1996). Clinical significance of the large vestibular aquaeduct. In: Ernst, A., Marchbanks, R., Samii, M. (eds) Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80163-1_18

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