The Journal of International
Advanced Otology
Original Article

Normal Gain of VOR with Refixation Saccades in Patients with Unilateral Vestibulopathy

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Navarra Faculty of Medicine, Pamplona, Spain

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Sierrallana Faculty of Medicine, Torrelavega, Spain

J Int Adv Otol 2015; 11: 133-137
DOI: 10.5152/iao.2015.1087
Read: 2975 Downloads: 1116 Published: 03 September 2019

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the response in the video head-impulse test for the assessment of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in patients because of vertigo and dizziness.

 

MATERIALS and METHODS: After rightward and leftward head impulses, the following results evaluated were: gain of the reflex and appearance of refixation saccades. A particular type of response (normal gain VOR and refixation saccades) was evaluated in a group of patients.

 

RESULTS: In patients with a unilateral abnormality consisting of normal gain and refixation saccades, there was a close concordance with the diseased side and the side to which head impulses elicited the abnormal result.

 

 

CONCLUSION: In the assessment of patients with dizziness, finding a normal gain VOR with refixation saccades indicates the existence of a peripheral vestibulopathy and localizes to the side of the lesion.

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