<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>BACKGROUND.</bold> Vestibular disorders are a group of widely spread diseases that have as a common denominator the disturbance of the equilibrium system. The assessment of vestibular disorders consists in a complex examination of the patient including a thorough anamnesis, a rigorous clinical examination and multiple functional explorations.<bold>OBJECTIVE.</bold> To asses weather there is a correlation between the data obtained in posturography and those obtained in the videonystagmography in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders.<bold>MATERIAL AND METHODS.</bold> Collecting data from the observation sheets of patients diagnosed with peripheral vestibular syndrome and examined in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the “Sfanta Maria” Hospital in Bucharest over a period of 18 months.<bold>RESULTS.</bold> We analyzed a number of 97 cases of patients diagnosed with peripheral vestibular disorder. A large number of patients (49) had correlated changes in the caloric tests and also in the posturography. A second group of patients (43) had changes in caloric tests but with no changes in posturography. The third group of 5, paradoxically, had a vestibular deficiency in posturography associated with normal caloric reactivity.<bold>CONCLUSION.</bold> The results obtained with the videonystagmography are correlated with those of the caloric and rotational videonystagmographic tests in the case of acute vestibular diseases. In chronic vestibular diseases, it is possible to find caloric vestibular paresis in the presence of a normal posturography. The “vestibular omission” is a phenomenon in which the patient does not use the vestibular input of a normal labyrinth with caloric and rotary tests within normal limits. As no vestibular examination can be considered as selfstaging diagnosis, we always have to establish the final diagnosis correlating the results of all the tests available.</abstract>

BACKGROUND. Vestibular disorders are a group of widely spread diseases that have as a common denominator the disturbance of the equilibrium system. The assessment of vestibular disorders consists in a complex examination of the patient including a thorough anamnesis, a rigorous clinical examination and multiple functional explorations.OBJECTIVE. To asses weather there is a correlation between the data obtained in posturography and those obtained in the videonystagmography in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders.MATERIAL AND METHODS. Collecting data from the observation sheets of patients diagnosed with peripheral vestibular syndrome and examined in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the “Sfanta Maria” Hospital in Bucharest over a period of 18 months.RESULTS. We analyzed a number of 97 cases of patients diagnosed with peripheral vestibular disorder. A large number of patients (49) had correlated changes in the caloric tests and also in the posturography. A second group of patients (43) had changes in caloric tests but with no changes in posturography. The third group of 5, paradoxically, had a vestibular deficiency in posturography associated with normal caloric reactivity.CONCLUSION. The results obtained with the videonystagmography are correlated with those of the caloric and rotational videonystagmographic tests in the case of acute vestibular diseases. In chronic vestibular diseases, it is possible to find caloric vestibular paresis in the presence of a normal posturography. The “vestibular omission” is a phenomenon in which the patient does not use the vestibular input of a normal labyrinth with caloric and rotary tests within normal limits. As no vestibular examination can be considered as selfstaging diagnosis, we always have to establish the final diagnosis correlating the results of all the tests available.

Comparative analysis of the data obtained in computerized posturography and videonystagmography for patients with peripheral vestibular deficit

ENT&HNS Department, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital

CESITO Center, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital

“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Romanian Journal of Rhinology

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BACKGROUND. Vestibular disorders are a group of widely spread diseases that have as a common denominator the disturbance of the equilibrium system. The...

Comparative analysis of the data obtained in computerized posturography and videonystagmography for patients with peripheral vestibular deficit

Published Online: Nov 02, 2018

Page range: 225 - 231

Received: Jul 04, 2018

Accepted: Aug 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2018-0025

Keywords
computerized posturography, videonystagmography, caloric and rotational testing, vestibular compensation, vestibular omission

© 2018 Gabriela Musat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Comparative analysis of the data obtained in computerized posturography and videonystagmography for patients with peripheral vestibular deficit

Published Online: Nov 02, 2018

Page range: 225 - 231

Received: Jul 04, 2018

Accepted: Aug 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2018-0025

Keywordscomputerized posturography, videonystagmography, caloric and rotational testing, vestibular compensation, vestibular omission

© 2018 Gabriela Musat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
computerized posturography, videonystagmography, caloric and rotational testing, vestibular compensation, vestibular omission