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References

Peer-reviewed primary literature and reviews cited throughout the chapter. Every citation was verified against PubMed (NCBI E-utilities) and carries a PMID (and DOI where available); click either to open the source.

  1. Deveze A, Matsuda H, Elziere M, Ikezono T
    Diagnosis and Treatment of Perilymphatic Fistula.
    Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 2018;81:133–145.doi:10.1159/000485579PMID: 29794455A modern synthesis of triggers, the CTP marker, imaging and the conservative-then-surgical pathway.
  2. Friedland DR, Wackym PA
    A critical appraisal of spontaneous perilymphatic fistulas of the inner ear.
    The American Journal of Otology. 1999;20(2):261–276.PMID: 10100535A sceptical review: spontaneous fistula is over-diagnosed, and the evidence base is weak.
  3. Goodhill V
    Sudden deafness and round window rupture.
    The Laryngoscope. 1971;81(9):1462–1474.doi:10.1288/00005537-197109000-00010PMID: 5098107The classic account proposing the explosive (CSF) and implosive (middle-ear) routes of window rupture.
  4. Hornibrook J
    Perilymph fistula: fifty years of controversy.
    ISRN Otolaryngology. 2012;2012:281248.doi:10.5402/2012/281248PMID: 23724269A balanced history of the long controversy over whether, and how often, perilymphatic fistula truly occurs.
  5. House JW, Rizer FM
    Perilymph fistulas in children: experience of the Otologic Medical Group.
    The American Journal of Otology. 1989;10(6):493–495.doi:10.1097/00129492-198911000-00017PMID: 2610242Paediatric series — a reminder of the congenital (e.g. Mondini) associations and the diagnostic difficulty in children.
  6. Ikezono T, Shindo S, Sekiguchi S, Morizane T, Pawankar R, Watanabe A, Miura M, Yagi T
    The performance of Cochlin-tomoprotein detection test in the diagnosis of perilymphatic fistula.
    Audiology & Neuro-Otology. 2010;15(3):168–174.doi:10.1159/000241097PMID: 19776566Cochlin-tomoprotein (CTP) is a specific biochemical marker of perilymph — a step toward objective intra-operative confirmation.