Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of the charts of 38 children requiring cochlear implantation who presented with bacterial meningitis and then developed bilateral profound deafness. The patients' charts were reviewed for age at diagnosis, the type of antibiotic administered, and the administration, dosage, and duration of steroid ( dexamethasone) therapy. Labyrinthitis ossificans was established by preoperative computed tomographic and/or magnetic resonance imaging and by the intraoperative findings as described in the operative report. PATIENTS AND METHODS: RESULTS: One of the 6 patients who received steroid therapy at the time of initial illness had documented evidence of labyrinthitis ossificans either radiographically or at the time of surgery. All 4 patients who failed to receive steroid therapy developed labyrinthitis ossificans. The results achieve statistical significance by chi2 analysis and a t test (P<.01). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | C J Hartnick, H H Kim, H Y Kim, P M Chute, S C Parisier |
Journal | Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery
(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg)
Vol. 127
Issue 2
Pg. 180-3
(Feb 2001)
ISSN: 0886-4470 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11177035
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Dexamethasone
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Topics |
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Cochlear Implantation
- Deafness
(etiology, surgery)
- Dexamethasone
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Labyrinthitis
(pathology, prevention & control)
- Male
- Meningitis, Bacterial
(drug therapy)
- Ossification, Heterotopic
- Retrospective Studies
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