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Forty nine elderly patients with osteochondrosis of the cervical spine and on whom carotid angiography had been performed were divided into two groups. In one 36 patients had vestibular symptoms whereas the other group of remaining patients was free of such symptoms. Comparison of both groups showed that vertigo (20 patients), other vestibular symptoms or nystagmus were not solely related to vertebral artery stenosis. In fact stenosis of one or both vertebral arteries was found in only nine patients.
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PMID:[Vertigo and vertebral artery stenosis (author's transl)]. 42 20

The contribution of cervical spine disorders to cochleovestibular symptoms was based on the evaluation of patients complaining of dizziness and/or inner ear hearing loss, treated in the ENT Department of Tubingen University between 1977 and 1982. Cervicogenic vertigo was provoked by movements of the cervical spine, but the latter rarely caused tinnitus and never induced hearing loss. The diagnosis between a vascular or proprioceptive nystagmus may be made on the presence of lesions of the cervical spine. These are disorders of the cranio-cervical or the thoraco-cervical region especially and much less often due to osteochondrosis of the vertebrae. The findings of a cervical osteochondrosis has no diagnostic value unless vertigo is provoked by head movements. In cervical vertigo the thoraco-cervical region should be examined to prove a thoracic outlet syndrome. In selected cases operative treatment is possible, eg. transoral resection of the dental process of the axis, resection of the posterior arch of the atlas, myotomy of the anterior scalenus muscle or decompression of the vertebral artery.
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PMID:[Cervical vertebra-induced hearing and equilibrium disorders. Recent clinical aspects]. 653 Mar 73

The authors studied the time course of spontaneous nystagmus and parameters of vestibuloocular interaction in patients with reflex syndromes of cervical osteochondrosis accompanied by vestibular dysfunction, under the influence of manual therapy. It has been established that the most informative parameters, capable of reflecting in an objective manner the dynamics of vestibular dysfunction in the course of treatment are intensity of spontaneous nystagmus and reaction of suppression of vestibuloocular reflex by gaze.
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PMID:[The dynamics of vertebrogenic vestibular dysfunction under the influence of manual therapy]. 790 Mar 65