Retrolabyrinthine vestibular neurectomy. 10 years' experience.

The advances in the diagnosis of the vertigo patient and in the transtemporal approach to the cerebellopontine angle, have promoted the development of the retrolabyrinthine vestibular nerve section, for the surgical treatment of vertigo with hearing preservation. In a 10 years period (1982-1992), 45 patients underwent a vestibular nerve section through the retrolabyrinthine approach. The vertigo was controlled in 95% of the entire series, with 86% of hearing preservation, 6% of hearing improvement and 6% of hearing loss.