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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015

Intratympanic dexamethasone injections for refractory Meniere' s disease.

Hongmiao Ren, Tuanfang Yin, Yongde Lu, Weijia Kong, Jihao Ren

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Assessment of Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Volume-Dependent Conductive Hearing Loss in Healthy Volunteers: First-in-Human, Open-Label, Placebo-Controlled Study of a Single Intratympanic Injection of AC102.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2025
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  5. Endolymphatic duct blockage surgery vs. intratympanic steroids for treatment of refractory Ménière's disease.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hongmiao RenDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University Changsha 410011, China.
Tuanfang YinDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University Changsha 410011, China.
Yongde LuDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University Changsha 410011, China.
Weijia KongDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430022, China.
Jihao RenDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University Changsha 410011, China.
Central South University · CNUnion Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intratympanic injections or titration is a potential medical therapeutic strategy for patients with incurable inner ear diseases. Dexamethasone represent an attractive steroid source in intratympanic steroids strategies in the treatment of inner ear disorders. Here, we evaluated the effectiveness of intratympanic dexamethasone injections (IDI) in outpatients with refractory Meniere's disease (MD). Vestibular function measured by Vestibular Ocular Reflex (VOR) gain and caloric test revealed that 21 outpatients out of 43 (48.8%) had complete sufficient vertigo control, while 9 (20.9%) of them were attached to fundamental manipulation. Out of the 13 remaining outpatients, 4 (9.3%) had a limit control and 9 had less modification. Therefore, 5 of 9 received re-treatment with IDI and 2 of 9 patients were administered ablative treatment with gentamicin. Meanwhile, audiology data suggested that 3 (7.0%), 4 (9.3%), 32 (74.4%), 4 (9.3%) patients were attached to the level of A, B, C, D, respectively. Furthermore, the symptom of tinnitus in 5 outpatients vanished, 21 (48.8%) diminished, 10 (23.3%) invariable, 7 (16.3%) aggravated. In 4 of 24 cases (16.7%), aural fullness disappeared after IDI, when the aural fullness was alleviated in 11 cases (45.8%) even intensive in 9 patients (37.5%). Together, our results demonstrate that intratympanic dexamethasone injection, as an effective therapeutic strategy for refractory Meniere's disease, could either be used for cascade therapy preoperation or used for patients who couldn't accept the surgery.

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aural fullnessdexamethasonegentamicinintratympanic dexamethasone injections (IDI)intratympanic gentamicin injectionsintratympanic injectionsMeniere’s diseaserefractorysensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)tinnitus

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PMID26131198
PMCPMC4483845
OpenAlexW2405137628

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