Richard Gacek

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Affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Ménière's disease is a viral neuropathy
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 71:78-86. 2009
  2. ncbi The three faces of vestibular ganglionitis
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile 36688-0002, USA
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 111:103-14. 2002
  3. ncbi Antiviral therapy of vestibular ganglionitis
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:124-36. 2002
  4. ncbi Vestibular neuronitis: a viral neuropathy
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:54-66. 2002
  5. ncbi Ménière's disease: a form of vestibular ganglionitis
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:67-79. 2002
  6. ncbi Clustering is a feature of the spiral ganglion in the basal turn
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 74:22-7. 2012
  7. ncbi Evidence of a gustatory-vestibular pathway for protein transport
    Richard Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
    Otol Neurotol 31:313-8. 2010
  8. ncbi General comments on this issue
    R R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 70:71-2. 2008
  9. ncbi Evidence for a viral neuropathy in recurrent vertigo
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 70:6-14; discussion 14-5. 2008
  10. ncbi A place principle for vertigo
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    Auris Nasus Larynx 35:1-10. 2008

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Publications18

  1. ncbi Ménière's disease is a viral neuropathy
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 71:78-86. 2009
    ..Antiviral treatment controlled vertigo in 73 of 86 patients with vestibular neuronitis (85%) and 32 of 35 patients with MD (91%)...
  2. ncbi The three faces of vestibular ganglionitis
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile 36688-0002, USA
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 111:103-14. 2002
    ..The reactivation of the latent virus may manifest as one of the above vertigo syndromes, depending on the part of the vestibular ganglion that is inflamed, the type and strain of the virus, and host resistance...
  3. ncbi Antiviral therapy of vestibular ganglionitis
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:124-36. 2002
  4. ncbi Vestibular neuronitis: a viral neuropathy
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:54-66. 2002
  5. ncbi Ménière's disease: a form of vestibular ganglionitis
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:67-79. 2002
  6. ncbi Clustering is a feature of the spiral ganglion in the basal turn
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 74:22-7. 2012
    ..To demonstrate the organization of the spiral ganglion in the mammalian species...
  7. ncbi Evidence of a gustatory-vestibular pathway for protein transport
    Richard Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA
    Otol Neurotol 31:313-8. 2010
    ..To demonstrate anatomically a pathway for protein transport from the palate to the vestibular system...
  8. ncbi General comments on this issue
    R R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 70:71-2. 2008
  9. ncbi Evidence for a viral neuropathy in recurrent vertigo
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 70:6-14; discussion 14-5. 2008
    ..Relief of vertigo after this treatment was 90% in VN, Ménière's disease and VN. The relief of positional vertigo (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) was 66%...
  10. ncbi A place principle for vertigo
    Richard R Gacek
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
    Auris Nasus Larynx 35:1-10. 2008
    ..To provide a road map of the vestibular labyrinth and its innervation leading to a place principle for different forms of vertigo...
  11. ncbi Results of singular neurectomy in the posterior ampullary recess
    Richard R Gacek
    Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688-0002, USA
    ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 64:397-402. 2002
    ..7%). The risk of SNHL is not increased when the posterior ampullary recess must be entered in order to transect the singular nerve. A positive fistula response may be present temporarily in almost one third of these patients...
  12. ncbi A classification of recurrent vestibulopathy
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:89-104. 2002
  13. ncbi The biology of neurotropic viruses
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:1-11. 2002
  14. ncbi Efferent system degeneration in vestibular ganglionitis
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:105-23. 2002
  15. ncbi Neuroanatomy of the nerves in the temporal bone
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:12-31. 2002
  16. ncbi Efferent system degeneration in the human temporal bone
    Richard R Gacek
    Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002, USA
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 112:947-54. 2003
    ..The variable location and size of these deposits (buds) in the labyrinthine sense organs is described to aid in the recognition of efferent system injury in human temporal bones...
  17. ncbi Pathology of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo revisited
    Richard R Gacek
    Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002, USA
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 112:574-82. 2003
    ..These observations support a concept in the pathophysiology of BPPV that includes loss of the inhibitory effect of otolith organs on canal sense organs...
  18. ncbi The pathology of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
    Richard R Gacek
    Adv Otorhinolaryngol 60:80-7. 2002