Open AccessOutpatient Labyrinthectomy
Author(s) -
McKennan Kevin X.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1097-6817
pISSN - 0194-5998
DOI - 10.1177/0194599811416318a184
Subject(s) - vertigo , medicine , nausea , outpatient clinic , surgery
Objective With newly available anti‐nausea/vertigo medications, selected patients can undergo transmastoid labyrinthectomy as an outpatient procedure. Method Ten patients pretreated with a cocktail of Emend/Transderm Scop Patch/Decadron underwent a transmastoid labyrinthectomy. These patients were all treated as outpatients. These 10 patients will be compared with 10 similar patients hospitalized after surgery. Results Substantial financial savings occurred to those patients treated as outpatients. No patients treated as outpatients required admission to the hospital. Conclusion Selected patients with Ménière can undergo a transmastoid labyrinthectomy as an outpatient operation when pretreated with a combination of Emend/Transderm Scop Patch/Decadron.