The effect of local dexamethasone on stapedotomy surgery outcomes in patients with otosclerosis

BACKGROUND

Some studies have shown a positive effect of systemic corticosteroid on hearing results after stapedotomy, but its side effects can limit its routine administration.

AIM

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of local dexamethasone on the results of stapedotomy surgery.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Fifty two patients undergone stapedotomy surgery for otosclerosis involved. In the case group after stapedotomy we fulfilled the middle ear with dexamethasone and then the placement of the prosthesis was done. In the control group after stapedotomy we did not use dexamethasone in the middle ear.

RESULTS

Gender, age, nausea, vomiting, postoperative vertigo and nystagmus did not significantly differ between the groups. A significant difference was observed in tinnitus rate between two groups. In the case group ABG decrease was higher and bone conduction thresholds improved at frequencies of 1000, 2000, and 4000 three months after surgery.

CONCLUSION

Since local dexamethasone had a positive effect on the results of stapedotomy surgery, it can be used instead of systemic corticosteroids to reduce the side effects and increasing surgery's success rate.

SIGNIFICANCE

If local dexamethasone had a positive influence on the results of stapedotomy surgery, it can be used instead of systemic corticosteroids to reduce the side effects and increasing surgery's success rate.

[Corticosteroids for acute sensorineural hearing loss treatment. The contemporary state of problem. Literature review. Part 1]

The article presents modern literary data relating to the expediency of the purpose of glucocorticosteroids in sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) of various genes. In detail, the radar molecular mechanisms and the anatomo-physiological features of the exposure to the inner ear, side effects, the introduction methods, their comparative efficacy and modern schemes of the SSHL.