Surgical treatment of vertigo.

Endolymphatic saccotomy, vestibular neurectomy via middle fossa, labrinthectomy and translabyrinthine vestibular neurectomy have been used by the authors in 54 patients with episodic vertigo, chiefly from Ménière's disease. Over a mean follow-up period of 15 months hearing retention and vertigo control were of the same general order as in the reports of other surgeons. Our current ideas on indications for the different surgical procedures are discussed.