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ArticleIndian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India2022

Comparing Intratympanic Gentamicin with Methylprednisolone in Meniere's Disease with Non-Serviceable Hearing.

Leah Thomas, Anjali Lepcha, K Reka, Ann Mary Augustine, Anu Alex, Ajay Philip, Manju Deena Mammen

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Article in Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Intratympanic Gentamicin with Methylprednisolone in Meniere's Disease with Good Hearing.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leah ThomasChristian Medical College Vellore, Chittoor Campus, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh India.
Anjali LepchaDepartment of ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India.ORCID 0000-0001-9442-395X
K RekaDepartment of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 002 India.
Ann Mary AugustineDepartment of ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India.
Anu AlexDepartment of ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India.
Ajay PhilipDepartment of ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India.
Manju Deena MammenDepartment of ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India.
Christian Medical College, Vellore · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abstract: To compare the effectiveness of high dose fixed alternate day intratympanic gentamicin with methylprednisolone in the treatment of patients with unilateral, intractable Meniere's disease with poor hearing. Randomized single blind prospective parallel group trial in a tertiary referral centre. Twenty-two patients with definite unilateral Meniere's disease with average pure tone thresholds worse than 50 dB in the affected ear were enrolled. Eleven patients were treated with intratympanic buffered gentamicin and the other eleven were administered intratympanic methylprednisolone (both 4 injections, 40 mg/ml, on alternate days). Patients were assessed pre-intervention, 3 months post intervention and subsequently followed up for 2-4 years. Both groups of patients had significant control of vertigo, DHI scores and THI scores after treatment while the functional scores in the methylprednisolone group was not better than the pre- treatment scores in the long-term follow-up. 9 of 11(82%) patients in gentamicin group and 3 of 11(27%) patients in the methylprednisolone group achieved Class A vertigo control. The gentamicin group had better post intervention DHI scores ( Trail Registration Number: Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI- REF/2016/10/012363).

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DHIIntratympanic gentamicinIntratympanic methylprednisoloneMeniere’s diseaseVertigo

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PMID36742746
PMCPMC9895489
OpenAlexW3148097611

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