A Study of Quality of Life Improvement in Videonystagmography Guided Epley’s Manoeuvre in Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

To assess Quality of life improvement in Videonystagmography guided Epley’s Manoeuvre in posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. The design of present study is cross-sectional analytical study. The study is conducted in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Post Graduate Institute, Indore in association with Sri Aurobindo Institute of speech and hearing, Indore. Current study done to assess the effectiveness of canalolith repositioning procedures (Epley’s maneuver) with and without drug therapy in posterior canal benign paroxsymal positional vertigo and to assess the patients based on Dizziness Handicap Inventory. All Patients who come to ENT OPD at Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Post Graduate Institute, Indore in the specified duration and according to the inclusion criteria were chosen in the study. Majority of the patients were in the age group of 18–58 years with the median age of 32 and subjective symptomatic relief on Epley’s manoeuvre and DHI on day 15, 46 out of 60 subjects reported symptomatic relief with a percentage of 76.6%. This group of 46 subjects with symptomatic relief was labeled as resolved group. The age range in resolved group was between 18 and 58 years. Remaining 14 subjects, labelled as relapsed group were prescribed beta-histine and repeat Epley’s maneuver was performed to assess the effectiveness of adjunct therapy. We conclude that a single Videonystagmography guided Epley’s maneuver is an excellent tool for effective rehabilitation of majority of posterior canal BPPV alone and combined with adjunct betahistine therapy can even cure refractory cases providing them with better quality of life.