Treatment of intractable Meniere's disease with intratympanic gentamicin: Review of the University of Ottawa experience

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 361-364

  Corsten, Martin ^a   Marsan, Joseph ^a,b   Schramm, David ^a   Robichaud, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intratympanic gentamicin therapy; Meniere's disease; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; EAR SURGERY; EARDRUM; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; WORD RECOGNITION; FOLLOW UP; INFUSION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031283460     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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