Title
A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Intratympanic Gentamicin with Methylprednisolone in Meniere's Disease with Good Hearing.
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Author(s)
Alex, Anu
Mammen, Manju Deena
Lepcha, Anjali
Reka, K
Augustine, Ann Mary
Philip, Ajay
Abstract
A randomized prospective parallel group trial was done to compare the efficacy of intratympanic low dose gentamicin with methylprednisolone in treating intractable unilateral Meniere's disease with serviceable hearing.Randomised prospective parallel group trial.Tertiary care centre in South India.Forty patients with unilateral Meniere's disease and serviceable hearing with vertigo following 6 months of conservative therapy were enrolled between November 2018 and March 2020. Twenty patients were administered with one dose of intratympanic Gentamicin (40 mg/ml) and the other half were given intratympanic Methylprednisolone (40 mg/ml, 4 injections given on alternate days). Pure tone audiogram, speech discrimination score, number of vertigo episodes, dizziness handicap inventory, tinnitus handicap inventory and functional scores were compared before treatment, 3 months later and up to 24 months. There was no significant difference between the two treatments with regard to short term as well as long term DHI scores, THI scores, Functional level score and average pure tone audiogram of patients. In patients with unilateral Meniere's disease who have good hearing, one dose of Gentamicin had equivalent effect to that of four doses of Methylprednisolone in vertigo and tinnitus control, hearing preservation and quality of life.
Publication information
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg . 2024 Oct;76(5):3793-3799. doi: 10.1007/s12070-024-04749-x. Epub 2024 May 16.
Date Issued
2024-10-01
Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India
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