Table 2.

Outcome of singular nerve section for BPPV

Study	Cases	Cure of BPPV	Follow up	Postop Audio	↓ Hearing > 10dB	Postop ENG/VNG	↓ Caloric or absent
Epley 1980 (52)	11	10	2-20 mo	11	5	1?	1
Meyerhoff 1985 (69)	18	15	≥ 6 mo	18	3	?	?
Silverstein 1990 (53)	58	46	6 mo - 18 yr	56	5		14
Fernandes 1993 (70)	7	6	?	7	2		?
Gacek 2002 (71)	252	244	> 1 mo	252	9	?	?
Pournaras 2008 (72)	8	8	1 mo - 9 yr	8	1	?	?
Total	344	329/344 (95.6%)		342/344 (99.4%)	25/342 (7.3%)	35/344 (13.9%)	15/35 (42.9%)

→ indicates that the relevant information was not reported. In the case of Epley 1980, one patient was reported to have severe vestibular loss post-operatively, but it was not specified how many patients had postoperative ENG/VNG.