INTRATYMPANIC GENTAMICIN THERAPHY IN MENIERE DISEASE

¹Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, KBB, İstanbul, Türkiye
²Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, KBB, Kocaeli, Türkiye Vestibular neurectomy and labyrinthectomy are the surgical treatment modalities for Meniere disease in case of resistance to medical therapy. Another treatment option of vetigo is the instillation of intratympanic gentamicin (ITG). In this article, we reviewed the intratympanic gentamicin therapy; history, mechanism of the vestibulotoxic effect, methods of application, results and the complications. Keywords : Meniere disease, vertigo, vestibulotoxicity, gentamicin.