Intratympanic and surgical Treatment for Menière's Disease

Ménière's Disease (MD) is a balance disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of vertigo, dizziness, tinnitus, feeling of pressure in the ear and fluctuating hearing loss. The cause of MD is still unknown, and its diagnosis is based on clinical symptoms and audiometry, imaging of the inner ear and brain to exclude tumor.

The most important histopathologic change in MD is the presence of endolymphatic hydrops in inner ear.
Treatment courses may be medical or surgical. Among the many available so far, such as diuretics and Betahistine this Research Topic we will focus on the intratympanic and surgical therapy. The goal is to outline a better understanding of these treatment courses. Moreover, any concise consensus on the treatment is still missing and would be of tremendous help for clinicians.

More recently, two additional surgical procedures have been developed by surgeons. The first one is triple semicircular canal occlusion, in which can keep part of balance function such as otolithic function. The second one is vestibular implantation, a new technique which can treat/rehabilitate MD patients, However, it is still in the beginning of research stage, and hope it will be developed more in the future.

Thus, topic editors will welcome any types of manuscripts - research article, brief research article, review, and mini-review- about, but not limited to the following themes:

1. Consensus of intratympanic application on MD
2. Intratympanic steroid application
3. Intratympanic Gentamicin application
4. Endolymphatic sac surgery
5. Vestibular never sectioning
6. Labyrinthectomy