Factors Affecting Quality of Life after Endolymphatic Sac Surgery
HAN LIn
YU Li-sheng
LIU Yan
XIA Yui-ming
Abstract：Objective To investigate the efficacy of endolymphatic sac decompression (ELSD) for the treatment of Ménière’s disease and to study indications for the procedure and factors affecting the outcome. Methods Seventy one pa-tients who underwent ELSD from 1996 to 2011 were followed up. Recurrent vertigo and useful hearing were confirmed be-fore the surgery. Follow up included telephone and mail surveys. Results Quality of life was reportedly improved in 87.69%, remained unchanged in 3.08%and deteriorated in 9.23%of the patients. Quality of life (QOL) scores were not cor-related to age, gender, follow-up duration, or duration of disease, but to preoperative hearing status and audiogram patterns. Conclusion QLSD can effectively control vertigo and improve quality of life. The procedure seems to be more effective in patients with Stage 2 or 3 hearing than in those with stage 4 hearing. It is also more effective in patients with rising curve au-diogram than others.
Keywords：Ménière’s diseaseVertigoEndolymphatic sac surgeryMénière’s disease outcomes questionnaire
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 423-427 )