Indications for operative treatment of Meniere's disease and our own approach are presented, with a brief account of the history of surgical treatment with decompression techniques. Results obtained in 18 patients operated on by our own technique were analyzed. The disease symptoms resolved in all the 18 patients operated on. The level of hearing remained unchanged in ten and deteriorated in three patients, whereas deafness occurred in five patients. It should be emphasized that excellent results in terms of vertigo elimination are achieved by this relatively simple technique.