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P. Jecker
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[Treatment of sensorineural hearing loss in acute viral otitis media with intratympanic dexamethasone and hyaluronic acid in comparison with intraven…
2006
Background: Intratympanic dexamethasone with hyaluronic acid has shown to be an effective treatment of the inner ear damage in sudden hearing loss and Meniere's disease. It is not known yet if the same applies to the toxic inner ear damage in acute viral otitis media. Patients: Retrospectively, 26 patients who suffered from acute viral otitis media with sensorineural hearing loss were examined with regard to the improvement of their inner ear hearing loss. Twelve patients were treated with intravenous therapy only, consisting of hydroxyethylstarch, pentoxifylline and prednisolone. Fourteen patients additionally received intratympanic injections, consisting of dexamethasone and hyaluronic ac…
Einsatz des intraoperativen Ultraschalls in der Speicheldrüsenchirurgie
2006
Sonography of the head-and-neck region is well established in the preoperative diagnostic process of tumorous lesions. Its intraoperative use to localise small tumours, however, has been rarely investigated to date. We applied intraoperative ultrasound to 19 patients who underwent parotid surgery and evaluated the following criteria: intraoperative tumour presentation, scan quality, comparison between sonographic visualisation and tumour detection by palpation, histological tumour borders as well as postoperative complications. All lesions were reproduceable by intraoperative ultrasound and could be demonstrated in sufficient quality. None of the 19 parotid tumours could be identified by pa…