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The outcomes of this type of surgery are discussed. (2) Methods: A total of 9 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of M\u00e9ni\u00e8re disease suffering from Tumarkin crisis underwent posterior semicircular canal plugging. These patients were assessed with Video Head Impulse Tests, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, and Pure Tone Audiometry preoperatively and postoperatively. (3) Results: VHIT showed a postoperative decrease in PSC gain median (Preop. 0.86 and postop. 0.52; p &lt; 0.009). No statistically significant differences were described for the anterior semicircular canal and the lateral semicircular canal. No patient experienced new Tumarkin crisis after the surgical treatment. (4) Conclusions: Our ten years of experience with posterior semicircular canal plugging in M\u00e9ni\u00e8re disease patients with Tumarkin\u2019s syndrome has shown that this type of surgical procedure is successful in controlling Tumarkin\u2019s crisis, with high patient satisfaction and little worsening in hearing level.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/audiolres14030036","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,9]],"date-time":"2024-05-09T03:34:19Z","timestamp":1715225659000},"page":"432-441","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Posterior Semicircular Canal Plugging Relieves Tumarkin\u2019s Crisis in M\u00e9ni\u00e8re\u2019s Disease Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5913-1484","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francesco","family":"Comacchio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Regional Vertigo Specialized Center, Sant\u2019Antonio Hospital, University Hospital of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Bordin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Regional Vertigo Specialized Center, Sant\u2019Antonio Hospital, University Hospital of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-6250-7572","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valerio Maria","family":"Di Pasquale Fiasca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosciences, Section of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barbara","family":"Bellemo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Regional Vertigo Specialized Center, Sant\u2019Antonio Hospital, University Hospital of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paola","family":"Magnavita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Regional Vertigo Specialized Center, Sant\u2019Antonio Hospital, University Hospital of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Fasanaro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Regional Vertigo Specialized Center, Sant\u2019Antonio Hospital, University Hospital of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elisabetta","family":"Poletto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Regional Vertigo Specialized Center, Sant\u2019Antonio Hospital, University Hospital of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.3233\/VES-150549","article-title":"Diagnostic criteria for Meni\u00e8re\u2019s disease","volume":"25","author":"Carey","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. 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