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labyrinthectomy

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lab·y·rin·thec·to·my (lb-rn-thkt-m)
n.
Excision of the labyrinth of the ear.

labyrinthectomy
[lab′ərinthek′təmē]
the surgical excision of the aural labyrinth.

labyrinthectomy [lab´ĭ-rin-thek´to-me]
excision of the labyrinth.

labyrinthectomy
excision of the labyrinth.


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Labyrinthectomy in patients with severe Meniere's disease uncontrolled by drugs and lifestyle changes and where hearing is no longer adequate, a labyrinthectomy has a 95 per cent success rate in eliminating major spells.
One of them, examined on the same day as his MRI, had undergone labyrinthectomy on the side ipsilateral to reported findings of mastoiditis.
The 20 patients with recurrence required additional gentamicin injections, plus vestibular neurectomy in 2 of them and transmastoid labyrinthectomy for persistent vertigo attacks in 1.
 
 
 
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