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Intratympanic gentamicin treatment after endolymphatic sac surgery.

2005

Interval treatment with up to three intratympanic gentamicin injections once weekly effectively controlled vertigo while preserving hearing in patients with Ménière's disease and recurrent or resistant vertigo after saccotomy.Recurrent or resistant incapacitating vertigo may occur after endolymphatic sac surgery (saccotomy) in patients with Ménière's disease. In these patients, revision saccotomy, vestibular nerve section or labyrinthectomy are the established treatment options. We advocate a once-weekly application of intratympanic gentamicin (12 mg) as an effective alternative in this group of patients.Five patients (age range 39-65 years) with definite Ménière's disease according to the …

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Preliminary study on ionic composition in endolymphatic sac of Hoplostethus mediterraneus

2004

Settore BIO/05 - Zoologiaendolymphatic sac Hoplostethus mediterraneus
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