Key points
- Corticosteroids have a significant therapeutic effect on vestibular
neuritis (VN) recovery, especially in long-term follow-up.
- Corticosteroid treatment was beneficial in evaluating VN recovery by
complete caloric recovery, as well as improvement of canal paresis.
- A negative effect of steroids on VN recovery was found in this
meta-analysis according to post-medication dizziness handicap
inventory score.
- When comparing the outcomes of steroid treatment and non-steroid
treatment, the steroid treatment had a statistically significant but
small therapeutic effect on VN.
- Although the latest Cochrane review concluded that there is
insufficient evidence to support the use of corticosteroids in VN, but
this study may present somewhat positive effect of corticosteroids in
VN.