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A conservative approach to surgery is usually followed in northern Europe, and leads to strict patient selection before considering surgery. Here, we describe the evolution of vertigo attacks among a group of intractable MD patients in whom surgery was considered.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Retrospective cohort study in a M\u00e9ni\u00e8re\u2019s disease expert center. Patients with definite unilateral M\u00e9ni\u00e8re\u2019s disease and persisting vertigo attacks despite treatment with intratympanic steroid injections were included. All patients had been waitlisted for participation in a planned trial assessing non-ablative surgery. They were waitlisted between June 2016 and June 2021 without undergoing the surgical intervention. In September 2022, data were collected from patient\u2019s files and follow-up telephone interviews were conducted to assess the evolution of their vertigo attacks.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty-five patients (54% male, mean age of onset 52\u2009years, 51% right sided) were included in the analysis. Twenty-five patients (71%) eventually declined surgery. Of the 33 patients with complete information on vertigo attacks, 21 (64%) were free of vertigo attacks upon data collection, after a median disease duration of 5.3\u2009years. Patients who did undergo surgery, had longer duration of disease than patients who did not.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Even in a population with intractable MD, most patients will experience relief of symptoms over time. On one hand, active treatment may accelerate relief of symptoms, but on the other hand, non-ablative therapies are of debatable effect and ablative intervention carries a risk of life long side effects. Therefore, any active intervention should be carefully considered.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2024.1469276","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,24]],"date-time":"2024-10-24T14:52:19Z","timestamp":1729781539000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The evolution of intractable M\u00e9ni\u00e8re\u2019s disease: attacks resolve over time"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"F. R.","family":"Gerritsen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A. 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