[Value of neurectomy in cochleo-vestibular disorders]

39 patients who suffered from therapy-resistant cochlear-vestibular disturbance, underwent neurectomy procedures for the control of their disease; half a year after surgery a follow-up inquiry ascertained their present condition. 29 patients had a history of Ménière's disease; in 9 patients the patients' condition after stapedectomy, injury of the skull or vascular malformation in the internal auditory canal were the reason for surgery. In the first group the disabling attacks of vertigo had disappeared. The effects of symptoms such as tinnitus, pressure, hearing loss and an occasional unsteadiness were felt to be less severe. Strikingly divergent opinions were expressed on the results of surgery in the second group; on the whole, these patients did not feel as positively about their operation as those who had been suffering from Ménière's disease.