TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral simultaneous hearing preservation mastoidectomy in otogenic meningitis
AU - Job, Anand
AU - Kurien, Mary
AU - Jacob, Annie
AU - Mathew, John
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Bilateral simultaneous hearing conservation mastoidectomy has not been previously documented. We present our experience with this procedure. Three patients with pyogenic meningitis secondary to bilateral unsafe ears had hearing preservation surgeries of both ears in a single sitting. Although ear surgery carries risk of inner ear damage, in our series there was no deterioration of inner ear function in the 6 ears operated on. The air conduction threshold improved in 3 (50%) of the ears. When meningitis results from bilateral otogenic foci as in our series, simultaneous mastoidectomy in both ears may be the preferred method of treatment to eradicate the source of infection.
AB - Bilateral simultaneous hearing conservation mastoidectomy has not been previously documented. We present our experience with this procedure. Three patients with pyogenic meningitis secondary to bilateral unsafe ears had hearing preservation surgeries of both ears in a single sitting. Although ear surgery carries risk of inner ear damage, in our series there was no deterioration of inner ear function in the 6 ears operated on. The air conduction threshold improved in 3 (50%) of the ears. When meningitis results from bilateral otogenic foci as in our series, simultaneous mastoidectomy in both ears may be the preferred method of treatment to eradicate the source of infection.
KW - Bilateral simultaneous hearing conservation mastoidectomy
KW - Bilateral unsafe ears
KW - Otogenic meningitis
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U2 - 10.1177/000348949810701011
DO - 10.1177/000348949810701011
M3 - Article
C2 - 9794618
AN - SCOPUS:0031671613
SN - 0003-4894
VL - 107
SP - 872
EP - 875
JO - Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
JF - Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
IS - 10 II
ER -