Research in Vestibular Science

Reviews

Injury Mechanism to Induce Traumatic Balance Disorder: Jeong Wook Kang, Jae-Yong Byun; Res Vestib Sci. 2019;18(1):1-7. Published online March 15, 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21790/rvs.2019.18.1.1

Abstract PDF: Many of the dizziness patients annually visit ENT (ear, nose, throat) clinics because the vestibular function is the major organ to keep body balance and belongs to the Otorhinolaryngology. Nevertheless, many otolaryngologists feel that it is not easy to access the dizziness patients. The reason is that dizziness is not a final diagnosis and it is necessary to start the diagnosis of dizziness and find out the cause. Also, the causes of dizziness belong to multiple medical departments. That is why we need to pay more attention. Among them, traumatic vertigo can be manifested in various ways depending on the injury site and mechanism, and it is often difficult to predict the medical prognosis. Therefore, this review article focuses on traumatic vertigo. In this paper, we discussed its epidemiology and mechanism to help clinicians to treat patients with traumatic vertigo.

Posttraumatic Peripheral Vertigo: Soyeon Yoon, Mi Joo Kim, Minbum Kim; Res Vestib Sci. 2018;17(4):125-129. Published online December 21, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21790/rvs.2018.17.4.125

Abstract PDF: Posttraumatic vertigo can be defined as the vertiginous disorder occurred after head and neck trauma without other pre-existing vestibular disorder. Central, peripheral, and combined deficits might cause this condition. Especially, various peripheral vestibulopathies are possible causes of posttraumatic vertigo; benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, temporal bone fracture, perilymphatic fistula, labyrinthine concussion, posttraumatic hydrops, and cervical vertigo. Since the differential diagnosis of the posttraumatic vertigo is often difficult, it is essential to acquire knowledge of their pathophysiology and clinical features. In this review, peripheral vestibulopathy as the possible causes of posttraumatic vertigo were described according to the current literature.

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