Evaluation of Steroid Therapy for Vestibular Neuronitis

Creators Yamashita Hiroshi

Creators Sekitani Toru

Creators Okami Kenji

Creators Endo Shiro

The effect of steroid therapy for vestibular neuronitis was evaluated comparing with that of non-steroid therapy. Twelve cases were treated with steroid therapy and fourteen cases ware treated with non-steroid therapy. All cases had no response of caloric test at the onset and underwent therapy within one month since onset. The results ware as follows : Dizziness was significantly reduced by steroid therapy compared with non-steroid therapy. However, there was no difference of subsiding period of spontaneous and positional nystagmus and recovery of caloric response between the steroid group and the non- steroid group.

[ISSN]0513-1812

[NCID]AA00594272