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Traumatic Causes ofVertigo
Christopherde Souza, Rosemariede Souza, AishanPatil, AdipShetty,
VimalSomeshwar, andManishSrivastav
Perilymph Fistulae
Christopherde Souza, Rosemariede Souza, AishanPatil and AdipShetty
Perilymphatic stula (PLF) can be dened as an abnormal communication between
the inner ear (the cochlear and the vestibule) and the middle ear cavity, mastoid, or
intracranial cavity.
Tests to currently diagnose PLFs have a signicant limitations, lacking the sensitivity and specicity that is needed to provide an accurate and consistent diagnosis. Major improvements in radiological imaging modalities and emerging
technologies including the use of biomarkers have recently shown immense promise to help diagnose PLF.PLFs cause cochlear and vestibular symptoms which can
cause signicant disability.
PLFs can be divided into two groups. Those patients in whom a cause or an antecedent event can be identied and those in whom a possible cause cannot be
identied.
C. de Souza (*)
Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, India
R. de Souza
Department of Internal Medicine, BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India
A. Patil
Vascular Surgery, Borders General Hospital, Melrose, Scotland, UK
A. Shetty
Rajawadi Hospital, Mumbai, India
V. Someshwar · M. Srivastav
KD Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Surgical techniques for stapes surgery, especially the need for a reliable seal over
the neo fenestra, have evolved considerably through the years. PLFs present as a
complication in approximately in 1% of stapedotomy procedures. The incidence of
PLF increases signicantly in those individuals requiring revision stapedectomies.
It is found that one third of patients undergoing revision stapedectomy will likely
develop PLF.
C. de Souza et al.
Perilymphatic Fistula Post Stapedectomy
A perilymph stula is one of the common causes of sensorineural hearing loss following stapedectomy. It is thought that perilymph stulae occur because of inadequate closure of the fenestra at the footplate, too long of a prosthesis, or possible
increased perilymph pressure. The diagnosis and treatment of this condition is vital,
because it has the potential to cause irreversible profound sensorineural hearing
loss, as well as puts the patient at risk of developing meningitis. Newlands [1]
reported on a patient who developed acute otitis media, labyrinthitis, and meningitis
16months following stapedectomy. Poststapedectomy PLF carries an increased risk
of labyrinthitis and meningitis. Should labyrinthitis occur with or without meningitis, stula repair must be undertaken as soon as the infection has been treated [2].
Perilymph stulae have been observed with all types of stapes surgeries and with
all techniques. Even as early as 1961, Lewis [3] described a perilymphatic stula,
observing that the polyethylene strut used was responsible for perilymph leakage.
Signs andSymptoms of Perilymphatic Fistula
The most common symptoms are
1. Fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss
2. Roaring tinnitus
3. Vertigo
4. Fullness in the ear
While these symptoms are also associated with endolymphatic hydrops, the key
to making a diagnosis of perilymphatic stula is the proximity to stapedectomy
surgery. If it occurs immediately following surgery, the diagnosis of perilymphatic
surgery is obvious. This is termed as “primary” or “early” perilymphatic stula. If
instead symptoms occur long after stapedectomy, then establishing a diagnosis of
perilymphatic stula may not be as straightforward. This stula is termed “delayed”
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Table 8.1
Criteria to diagnose a denite PLF
(a) Fluctuating or nonuctuating hearing loss
(b) Tinnitus (usually described as being “roaring”)
(c) Vertigo
(d) Aural fullness
1. (a) External trauma to the ear, blow to the head, exposure to an explosive blast.
Or
(b) Barotrauma caused by events like, e.g., nose-blowing, sneezing, skydiving, underwater
diving, straining, or lifting of heavy weights.
2. Direct trauma to the inner ear caused by Q-tip injury, stapedotomy operation, temporal bone
fracture
(a) Laboratory testing for a perilymph biomarker with high sensitivity and specicity.
Incidence
Perilymph stulae account for up to 9%–10% of stapedectomy failures [4–6].
However, other analyses have documented a far lower incidence. Feldman and
Schuknecht [7] analyzed 154 revision stapedectomies and reported that perilymphatic stulae were found in just ve cases. The incidence of perilymphatic stulae
as a cause of failure in stapedectomy is approximately the same for both short term
and long term follow up [6].
“Early” (Primary) Perilymph Fistula
Stapedectomy by necessity involves the creation of a stula for the insertion of the
prosthesis. The primary perilymph stula occurs when the stula created at the time
of surgery persists and fails to seal off the vestibule from the middle ear. This can
occur immediately following surgery, and symptoms can persist for days and weeks
following surgery.
Signs andSymptoms
The typical symptoms consist of hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo. Since these
symptoms are also typical of endolymphatic hydrops, a perilymphatic stula can be
confused with endolymphatic hydrops.
The most common symptom in some series is vertigo, while in others the most
common symptom is a drop or a uctuation in hearing [8]. Harrison et al. [9]
reviewed 46 cases of poststapedectomy perilymphatic stulae and found hearing
loss or uctuating hearing loss to be the most common symptom in 87% of cases.
Moon [10] examined 49 cases of poststapedectomy perilymphatic stulae and
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perilymphatic stulae presented with hearing loss as their chief complaint. Moon
also reported that a pure sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of loss
in both primary and secondary stulae. Rarely, mixed hearing losses and pure conductive hearing losses can occur from a perilymphatic stula. Goodhill [11] noted
that a perilymph stula may present only as a uctuating or persistent conductive
hearing loss. He postulated that the ratio of the transducer effect of the prosthesis to
the perilymph spillage effect is less than ideal in such patients, thus accounting for
their symptoms.
Vertigo may result from semicircular canal dysfunction leading to rotatory vertigo, or may have a utricular origin which results in a sense of falling. Harrison etal.
[9] found that 35% of their patients complained of vertigo, while 39% had a sensation of imbalance. Moon [10] found that 77% of primary stulae and 61% of secondary stulae caused disequilibrium.
Tinnitus was found in 28% of patients as reported by Harrison etal. [9]. Moon
[10] found tinnitus to be present in 45% of patients who had a perilymph stula.
The signs and symptoms vary with the size of the stula. Large stulae result in
rapid hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo. Morrison [12] noted that such large stulae
accompanied technical difculties by the operating surgeon at the time of stapedectomy. Fluctuation in hearing loss is unlikely to be a feature in such a situation. In
early perilymph stulae, when the leak is small, the hearing loss may initially appear
as a conductive hearing loss; then has a sensorineural component; then progressing
to a total sensorineural hearing loss. When such a stula is repaired late, the hearing
does not improve, though vertigo may resolve. When a small stula is present, the
only evidence of the stula may be failure to achieve adequate closure of the air–
bone gap, with mild uctuation in hearing and a small decreases in speech discrimination scores.
C. de Souza et al.
Cause of Primary Perilymph Fistula
Improperly sealed oval window fenestra are the likely cause of such stulae.
Goodhill [11] stated that if a mucosal seal does not hermetically seal off the vestibule from the middle ear at the time of surgery, then the chances of such a stula
forming are high. Failure to reect the mucoperiosteal aps may allow the lacerated
edges of tissue to extend down into the vestibule and prevent formation of a new
endosteal membrane at the level of the oval window. A prosthesis that is too long
may also prevent the stula from sealing off.
Numerous studies [13–15] have shown that the use of gelatin sponge (gelfoam)
as a seal for the oval window fenestra is associated with a high incidence of perilymph stula. Sheehy and Perkins [13] compared gelatin sponge, fat and fascia as
seals for the fenestra and found that the incidence of perilymph stula was 3.5%
when gelatin sponge was used, 1.9% when fat was used, and 0.6% when fascia was
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They reported a signicant difference: 50% for gelatin sponge and 4% for tissue
seals. Gelatin sponge is thus inadequate as an oval window seal because:
1. It may be resorbed before the neomembrane has formed.
2. The gelatin sponge will get softened by the perilymph, and the prosthesis will
penetrate through the gelatin sponge causing a perilymph stula.
3. The neomembrane that forms with a gelatin sponge is very thin and gets perfo-
rated repeatedly by the prosthesis leading to the formation of a perilymph stula.
Linthicum [17] in his report provided evidence that gelatin sponge when used as
an oval window seal is more likely to cause perilymph stula. Causse etal. [18]
recommended using a tissue seal over the oval window fenestra to prevent perilymph stula formation.
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Late (Delayed or Secondary) Perilymphatic Fistula
Such a stula can occur long after a successful stapedectomy. Morrison [12] states
that this is often the cause of sensorineural deafness that sometimes occurs long
after a successful stapedectomy. Most authorities state that the longer stapedectomy
patients are followed up, the greater the chances of perilymphatic stula occurring.
He found that in 50% of late perilymphatic stulae, no obvious cause could be discerned (in the other patients, mountaineering, lifting heavy objects, coughing,
sneezing, pressure changes [barotrauma] from ying, and head injuries were suspected as the cause). Otitis media following stapedectomy is not likely to cause a
perilymph stula.
How Does aPerilymph Fistula Form?
Glasscock [19] noted that the cochlear aqueduct is patent in a majority of human
adults. It puts the cerebrospinal uid (CSF) in potential communication with the
perilymph. Pressure in the cerebrospinal uid is transmitted directly to the perilymph. Shea [20] noted that CSF pressure in the lumbar spine is 150 mmH2O and
that the pressure in the cistern through the cochlear aqueduct can be as high as 350
mmH2O (millimeter of water). In the event of the Eustachian tube getting blocked,
negative pressure in the middle ear builds up and can reach minus 600 mmH2O.Thus,
a potential gradient of 950 mmH2O is created, which has the potential to push the
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Clinical Findings
Clinical examination of the ear may appear normal in cases of even active
PLF.Occasionally the tympanic membrane will be retracted indicative of underlying Eustachian tube dysfunction.
Audiometric Evaluation
Pure tone audiometry in the setting of a PLF typically reveals sensorineural hearing
loss in the low frequencies followed by a at sensorineural hearing loss that uctuates. Recruitment will be present in the initial stages and short increment sensitivity
index (SISI) scores are often above 75%. In the early stages, speech discrimination
scores uctuate with the pure tone thresholds; later on they may lower disproportionately. A variable conductive hearing loss may be seen.
Vestibular Tests [21]
Hallpike Caloric Tests
Canal paresis or a hypoactive response is a likely nding in cases of PLF.However,
because there is normally a high incidence of diminished caloric response after
stapedectomy, it may become difcult to assess the true value of its signicance in
using it to diagnose the presence of a perilymph stula.
Electronystagmography (ENG) or Videonystagmography (VNG)
ENG/VNG is relatively insensitive to the presence of a perilymphatic stula. While
it may reveal a direction xed positional nystagmus, this nding in itself is not diagnostic of a perilymph stula.
Fistula Test
Fistula tests with a pneumatic otoscope is a simple test that can be done as part of a
routine clinical exam. It involves applying positive pneumatic pressure to the ear
canal under a seal. In a positive test, nystagmus will develop. However, this test has
been found to be negative in one-third of the cases. However, when the stula test is
combined with results from an ENG/VNG, a higher degree of accuracy for PLF
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stula test but in whom a stula was suspected were reoperated to rule out a stula.
Only one had a perilymph stula; while out of six patients with a positive ENG
stula test, ve were found to have a stula. Thus, the incidence of false-positive
and false-negative ndings was low enough for the authors to conclude that this test
was reasonably reliable.
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Radiological Evaluation
Kosling etal. [22] reported on the use of high-resolution CT scanning to detect the
presence of perilymphatic stula. They took high-resolution CT scans (1mm slice
thickness) in the axial and coronal planes They reported an air bubble (in the vestibule) at the end of the prosthesis to be an indirect sign of the presence of a perilymphatic stula. This was the nding in six patients, and all six were found to have
perilymphatic stula. Thus, CT scans were found to be of value in detecting the
presence of perilymphatic stula poststapedectomy.
How Can aPerilymph Fistula BePrevented?
A number of suggestions have been put forward to reduce the likelihood of developing a poststapedectomy PLF:
1. Reect the mucosa off the footplate completely before making a fenestra.
2. Some have suggested that a stapedotomy technique is less likely to result in
perilymph stula formation as compared to a partial or total stapedectomy,
though denitive studies comparing these techniques with regard to the incidence of PLF has not been done.
3. A tissue graft seal over the fenestra acting as a barrier between the perilymph
(vestibule) and the prosthesis is highly recommended.
4. The prosthesis should be securely placed on the incus to prevent it from
migrating.
5. Avoid using gelatin sponge as a seal.
Additional postoperative recommendations during the rst several weeks after
surgery that the patient can do to limit the development of PLF include:
1. Avoid trauma to the head.
2. Coughing and sneezing with the mouth wide open.
3. Avoid straining against a closed glottis.
4. Avoiding activities that may increase the risk of barotrauma.
5. Avoid lifting heavy weights.
6. Reporting to the surgical team immediately if symptoms such as vertigo, tinni-
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Management of aPerilymph Fistula
Surgical closure of the stula is the treatment of choice. Many surgeons consider
this to be a surgical emergency. It is important that the eld be kept dry to inspect
the oval window under high powered microscopy to assess for the presence of perilymph. If the leak is not visible, then the patient’s head should be lowered and the
internal jugular vein on the same side compressed in an effort to make the leak visible. If the patient is under general anesthesia, then the anesthesiologist can also
elicit a Valsalva maneuver to see if perilymph accumulates around the oval window.
Causse etal. [23] devised a test to help detect a perilymph stula intraoperatively. They used a 1.0mm diamond burr to remove brous adhesions from the oval
window (this technique can also be performed with a laser).
To conrm that a stula is present, a small piece of gelfoam is placed at the site
of the suspected stula. This gelfoam is then tested on Clinitest glucose test paper.
If the paper turns red, then perilymphatic uid is present, indicating the presence of
a perilymphatic stula. Once the leak is detected, the stulous tract is excised and
the prosthesis removed. Lasers have proven to be immensely helpful and are excellent working tools in such a situation. The mucosa over the footplate is elevated
completely. A fresh soft tissue seal is placed over an adequately created fenestra and
a new prosthesis is placed over the seal. The patient is advised total bed rest for 48h.
Pirodda etal. [24], in a retrospective analysis of 26 cases, reported on their ndings of their approach to the management of rapid deterioration in bone conduction
thresholds following stapes surgery. Seven were treated conservatively with medication (pharmacologically with steroids steroids), and the other nineteen were
treated with surgery and medication. Of the seven treated medically, improvement
was seen in three, while in the other four hearing remained unchanged. In the nineteen cases managed with surgery and medication, in ve cases a perilymphatic stula was found at surgical exploration and four of these ve improved. Of those
where no stula was found at surgery, four worsened, and eleven cases experienced
no change. The authors concluded their study by advocating a combined medical
and surgical approach to treating poststapedectomy perilymphatic stula.
Results ofTreatment ofPoststapedectomy Perilymph Fistula
Improvement of hearing, especially once sensorineural hearing loss is present, is
minimal. Early repair of perilymph stulae does help symptoms such as vertigo
resolve. Tinnitus may not resolve completely. Thus ideally, PFL is diagnosed early,
and treated as a surgical emergency.
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