To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of CT-guided spinal nerve root adhesiolysis in treating refractory atypical symptoms-specifically dizziness and tinnitus-in patients with cervical disc herniation (CDH).
Preliminary retrospective evidence suggests CT-guided adhesiolysis may relieve cervical-origin tinnitus and dizziness, but the study design is too weak to change clinical practice; prospective controlled trials are needed before referral patterns should shift.
If cervical disc herniation is confirmed as a treatable cause of tinnitus and dizziness in a subset of patients, it could open a new interdisciplinary referral pathway between audiology, neurology, and interventional radiology.
- 01Study focused on patients with cervical disc herniation whose dizziness and tinnitus did not respond to standard care.
- 02CT-guided spinal nerve root adhesiolysis (breaking up scar tissue around a nerve) was evaluated as an intervention.
- 03Retrospective cohort design limits causal conclusions.
- 04Tinnitus and dizziness as atypical symptoms of cervical spine problems are an underexplored clinical area.
- 05Published in Frontiers in Medicine.
CT-guided spinal nerve root adhesiolysis reduces refractory dizziness and tinnitus caused by cervical disc herniation.
studypartially supportedDizziness and tinnitus can be atypical symptoms of cervical disc herniation.
studypartially supported- PMID
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- DOI
- 10.3389/fmed.2026.1755003.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Patients with refractory dizziness and tinnitus associated with cervical disc herniation
- Intervention
- CT-guided spinal nerve root adhesiolysis
Primary outcomes
Reduction in dizziness severity; Reduction in tinnitus symptoms