Journal Reviews

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Endovascular therapies for venous tinnitus

5 January 2022 | | Neurotology, Otology | Endovascular treatment, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Lateral sinus stenosis, Venous pulsatile tinnitus

Tinnitus is an extremely vexing issue, not only for patients but also for otolaryngologists. The authors of this article review the causes of venous tinnitus, such as increased intracranial hypertension (IIH), dural venous sinus thrombosis and age-related anatomic variants. They...

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Compress to suppress the venous tinnitus

1 July 2021 | | Otology | Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, Venous pulsatile tinnitus, compression reconstruction of sigmoid sinus

This interesting retrospective case series analyses the effectiveness of a modified surgical technique with retromastoid reconstruction of the sigmoid sinus by mechanical compression with Surgicel and bone wax packing under local anaesthesia for patients with venous pulsatile tinnitus related to...