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Self-treatment for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal

From the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Hitoshi Tanimoto, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan; e-mail: hitoshi{at}tc4.so-net.ne.jp

The authors compared the efficacy of the Epley procedure with and without self-treatment in 80 patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal. The self-treatment group (88%) had better results than the Epley-alone group (69%) based on both symptoms and nystagmus (p = 0.048). Complications occurred in 2.6% of the Epley-alone group and in 7.5% of the self-treatment group (p = 0.62).

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received April 27, 2005. Accepted in final form June 24, 2005.

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