Permanent sensorineural hearing loss following spinal anesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1155-1157

  Kiliçkan, Levent ^a   Gurkan Y ^a   Ozkarakas, H ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cochlear dysfunction; Hearing loss; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GENTAMICIN; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COCHLEA INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENIERE DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CALORIC TESTS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RECRUITMENT DETECTION, AUDIOLOGIC; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 0036786341     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460916.x     Document Type: Article

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