Postoperative sudden sensorineural hearing loss after posterior lumbar decompression: A case report

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 519-521

  Mak, Peter H K ^a   Tumber, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DESFLURANE; DIURETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; INFUSION FLUID; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; STEROID; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; BLEEDING; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MENINX DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PAIN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SUTURING METHOD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTIGO;

EID: 0037966528     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021068     Document Type: Article

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