Surgical Treatment of Tinnitus

David J Eisenman; Taylor B Teplitzky

doi:10.1016/j.nic.2015.12.010

Surgical Treatment of Tinnitus

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2016 May;26(2):279-88. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2015.12.010. Epub 2016 Mar 10.

Authors

David J Eisenman¹, Taylor B Teplitzky²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 16 South Eutaw Street, Suite 500, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: deisenman@smail.umaryland.edu.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 16 South Eutaw Street, Suite 500, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.

PMID: 27154609
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2015.12.010

Abstract

Surgery for tinnitus can be divided into procedures directed specifically at elimination of tinnitus versus those directed at an independent primary otopathology whose symptoms include tinnitus. For the latter, although there may be an independent primary goal for which the surgery is undertaken, tinnitus may be expected to improve secondarily. This article will address both tinnitus-specific and tinnitus non-specific procedures for objective and subjective causes.

Keywords: Objective tinnitus; Sigmoid sinus wall anomalies; Surgery for tinnitus; Tinnitus.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Tinnitus / surgery*