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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 25(02): e255-e257
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712935
Original Research

Zuma Modified Maneuver as a Treatment to Geotropic Lateral Semicircular Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Bernardo Faria Ramos
1   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitoria, ES, Brazil
,
Renato Cal
2   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belem, PA, Brazil
,
Camila Martins Brock
3   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, INSCER, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
,
Pedro Luiz Mangabeira Albernaz 
4   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Francisco Zuma e Maia
3   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, INSCER, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Abstract

Introduction Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is the most common vestibular disorder, resulting from detached otoliths that migrate to one of the semicircular canals – canalolithiasis – or one of the cupulas – cupulolithiasis. The present study is related to lateral canal BPPVs, which may be either geotropic or apogeotropic. The geotropic variant of lateral semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (LC-BPPV) is attributed to free floating particles in the posterior arm of the lateral semicircular canal.

Objectives To verify the possibility of employing the Zuma repositioning maneuver, with a brief modification, as an alternative treatment for geotropic LC-BPPV.

Methods Seven patients with geotropic LC-BPPV were enrolled and treated with the Zuma modified maneuver. Patients were reevaluated 1 hour after a single maneuver, to confirm the resolution of vertigo and positional nystagmus.

Results All seven patients achieved immediate resolution of vertigo and positional nystagmus as measured 1 hour after the application of the maneuver.

Conclusion The Zuma modified maneuver was effective for geotropic LC-BPPV after a single application. The use of the Zuma maneuver for both apogeotropic and geotropic LC-BPPV may simplify the treatment of these patients.

Keywords

geotropic lateral canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo - vertigo - repositioning maneuver

Note

Approved by the Ethical Committee of the Universidade Luterana Brasileira (ULBRA RS, in the Portuguese acronym), Canoas, Brazil – CAEE 06137012.3.2002.5349.


Contributions

All authors contributed equally.




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Eingereicht: 15. März 2020

Angenommen: 18. April 2020

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
23. Juni 2020

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