Middle Ear Overpressure Treatment in Severe Meniere's Disease
| Autor: | Motoyoshi Maruyama, Hideo Shojaku, Satsuki Yasumura, Makiko Junicho, Hitomi Motoshima, Yukio Watanabe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Ear Middle Vertigo Pressure otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Endolymphatic Hydrops Endolymphatic hydrops Meniere Disease Aged biology business.industry Therapeutic effect medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Pulse pressure Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Middle ear Female Middle ear pressure business After treatment Meniere's disease |
| Zdroj: | Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho. 106:880-883 |
| ISSN: | 1883-0854 0030-6622 |
| DOI: | 10.3950/jibiinkoka.106.880 |
| Popis: | To evaluate the therapeutic effect of middle ear pressure pulse on endolymphatic hydrops in humans, Meniett20k was used for 12 months in two severe elderly patients with definite Meniere's disease. The average number of vertigo occurrences in the 6 months before treatment and in the 12 months after treatment started was compared. Numeric values (NV) among patients were calculated and categorized into an improved group (NV = 1-40). For hearing function, the pure-tone average (PTA) before and 12 months after treatment started was compared. PTA was calculated based on the following equation: PTA = (A + 2XB + C)/4. A, B, and C were thresholds of the pure-tone audiometory at 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 kHz. In one case, hearing function was unchanged, but deteriorated in the other. Pressure pulse treatment may thus be useful in severe cases of Meniere's, especially in the elderly, bilateral cases, and in endolymphatic hydrops in a single hearing ear. |
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