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Model for demonstrating the canalith repositioning procedure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

C. Brewis
Affiliation:
Department of ENT Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK
E. Stannard
Affiliation:
Maxillofacial Laboratory, West Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK
P. R. Prinsley
Affiliation:
Department of ENT Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK

Abstract

Benign positional vertigo is a common condition which may be easily treated with the canalith repositioning procedure. This procedure may be difficult for patients to understand and for medical staff to learn. This paper describes a model of the vestibular apparatus which may be used to demonstrate the procedure.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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