Hearing impairment associated with spinal anesthesia

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1159-1164

  Cosar, Ahmet ^a   Yetiser, Sertac ^a   Sizlan, Ali ^a   Yanarates, Omer ^a   Yildirim, Altan ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Spinal anesthesia; Spinal needle diameter

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CANAL; BALANCE DISORDER; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COCHLEA AQUEDUCT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INNER EAR; NEEDLE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURGERY; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT;

EID: 11144237493     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410017143     Document Type: Article

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