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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2021

Association Between the Number of Intratympanic Steroid Injections and Hearing Recovery in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Yixu Wang, Ge Gao, Le Wang, Xin Ma, Lisheng Yu, Fanglei Ye

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Yixu WangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Ge GaoDepartment of Radiology, First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Le WangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zheng Zhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Xin MaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Lisheng YuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Fanglei YeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Zheng Zhou University, Zhengzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The frequency of intratympanic (IT) steroid injection varies from once daily to once weekly or less among studies and does not reach a uniform standard. This study investigated the potential association between the number of IT steroid injections and hearing recovery to determine the optimal number in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) patients. A retrospective study involving 233 SSNHL patients receiving IT steroids plus batroxobin within 7 days of onset was performed. Patients were followed up for 3 months. More than 15 dB of HL improvement in the pretreatment pure tone average (PTA) was defined as effective. The effective group had a higher IT injection numbers than the ineffective group (≥ 6 times: 84.6 vs. 61.1,

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hearing recoveryintratympanic numbersintratympanic steroidsudden sensorineural hearing losstreatment

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