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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · International Journal of Recent Surgical and Medical Sciences 2023; 09(01): 023-027
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1751314
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Prevalence of Cervical Spondylosis among Cases with Vertigo in a Tertiary Care Center

Prabakaran S.
1   Department of ENT, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Raghvi A.
1   Department of ENT, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Roselin V. 
2   Department of Community Medicine, Sri Muthukumaran Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Namasivaya Navin RB
1   Department of ENT, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Rajasekaran S.
1   Department of ENT, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
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Erratum: Prevalence of Cervical Spondylosis among Cases with Vertigo in a Tertiary Care CenterInternational Journal of Recent Surgical and Medical Sciences 2023; 09(01): e1-e1
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1760199

Abstract

Introduction Etiology of vertigo is wide and each etiological factor should be treated accordingly. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of cervical spondylosis among the cases with vertigo and to assess the clinical factors associated with it.

Materials and Methods A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among cases with vertigo attending the outpatient department of otorhinolaryngology at Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, during the months of November 2020 to March 2021. A total of 180 cases with vertigo and 180 controls without vertigo were included in the study. Primary outcome assessed was the prevalence of cervical spondylosis among cases with vertigo and the secondary outcome was to assess the clinical characteristics of the study participants and factors associated with the presence of cervical spondylosis. Analysis was done using SPSS version 20.

Results Majority of participants belong to 51 to 55 years of age with slight female predominance. Impacted cerumen auris, otitis media, and perforated tympanic membrane were noted in 19.4, 10, and 10.6% of cases, respectively. Prevalence of cervical spondylosis was reported as 17.2%, and 12.2% of cases had abnormal pure-tone audiometry findings with significant association between the presences of cervical spondylosis.

Conclusion Assessment of hearing using pure-tone audiometry can be done as a routine practice for all the cases with vertigo which occurs due to cervical spondylosis.

Keywords

vertigo - cervical spondylosis - pure-tone audiometry - prevalence


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05 July 2022

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