Case Report Undersea Hyperb Med 2016

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in sudden sensorineural hearing loss following spinal anesthesia: case reports

Carneiro S, Guerreiro D, Cunha A, Camacho Ó, Aguiar I — Undersea Hyperb Med, 2016

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers reported on two cases of sudden sensorineural hearing loss following spinal anesthesia that were treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

What They Found

This case report described two patients who experienced acute unilateral hearing loss after spinal anesthesia. Both patients showed significantly improved hearing after receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

As a case report involving only two patients, this study provides limited evidence and lacks a control group for comparison.

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Study Details

Study Type	Case Report
Category	Sudden Hearing Loss
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	27265992
Year Published	2016
Journal	Undersea Hyperb Med
MeSH Terms	Adult; Anesthesia, Obstetrical; Anesthesia, Spinal; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Cesarean Section; Female; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural; Hearing Loss, Sudden; Hearing Loss, Unilateral; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Middle Aged; Pregnancy

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