Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Is antiviral treatment really necessary?
OBJECTIVE
It was aimed to investigate the necessity of antiviral agents in the ISSHL treatment.


METHODS
In this study, the patients, diagnosed with sudden hearing loss and admitted in the first 7 days of hearing loss were divided into two groups; a combination therapy was administered to one of the groups, and famciclovir was administered to the other group as an antiviral treatment in addition to the combined therapy. Both groups were compared in terms of levels of recovery.


RESULTS
No statistically significant difference was found in the recovery rates between the two groups (p=0.7).


CONCLUSIONS
In this study, the additional antiviral treatment was found to have no effect on the remission rates in patients with ISSHL treated with combined therapy.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey. Electronic address: gultekinovet@gmail.com.
Gültekin
G
Övet
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Necat
N
Alataş
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Fatma Nur
FN
Kocacan
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Sermin Selver
SS
Gürcüoğlu
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Hakan
H
Görgülü
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Fatih
F
Güzelkara
Department of Microbiology, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
Habibe
H
Övet
D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006309:Hearing / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures
D000998:Antiviral Agents