title: The contralateral ear after surgery in different otoneurosurgical or neurosurgical pathologies.
abstract: The present study was specifically designed to ascertain the effect that otoneurosurgical or neurosurgical approaches may have on the contralateral ear. 18 patients suffering from different histologic lesions were examined. Pure-tone audiometry was performed before and after surgery each postoperative day up to the fourteenth day. The audiograms were abnormal after surgery in all but one of the patients tested. This hearing loss was transitory and the recovery occurred completely within 3 months. These outcomes suggest that the hearing loss was linked to a loss of cerebrospinal fluid.
authors.affiliation: IV ENT Department, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magliulo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ronzoni
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Vingolo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cristofari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001302:Audiometry, Speech; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies