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<Articles JournalTitle="Current Journal of Neurology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Current Journal of Neurology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2717-011X</Issn>
      <Volume>13</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2014</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">One-shot, low-dosage intratympanic gentamicin for M&#xE9;ni&#xE8;re's disease: Clinical, posturographic and vestibular test findings.</title>
    <FirstPage>33</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>39</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ahmad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Daneshi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department and Research Center of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hazrat-e-Rasool Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hesam</FirstName>
        <LastName>Jahandideh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Seyed Behzad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Pousti</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department and Research Center of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shabahang</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mohammadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department and Research Center of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: M&#xE9;ni&#xE8;re&#x2019;s disease&#xA0; has been&#xA0; remained&#xA0; as a difficult therapeutic&#xA0; challenge. The&#xA0; present&#xA0; study aimed to&#xA0;&#xA0; determine&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; the effects of&#xA0; one-shot low-dosage intratympanic&#xA0;&#xA0; gentamicin&#xA0;&#xA0; on&#xA0; vertigo control, auditory outcomes&#xA0; and&#xA0; findings of computerized&#xA0; dynamic posturography&#xA0; and&#xA0;&#xA0; vestibular&#xA0; evoked&#xA0; myogenic potentials in patients with unilateral M&#xE9;ni&#xE8;re&#x2019;s disease.
Methods: In a prospective&#xA0; clinical study, 30 patients&#xA0; with unilateral&#xA0; M&#xE9;ni&#xE8;re&#x2019;s&#xA0; disease&#xA0; were&#xA0; treated&#xA0; with one-shot intratympanic injection of 20 milligrams gentamicin. Main outcome&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; measures&#xA0; included clinical,&#xA0; audiometric, postural&#xA0;&#xA0; and&#xA0; vestibular&#xA0; outcomes evaluated 1 and&#xA0; 9 months after the treatment.
Results:&#xA0; Mean&#xA0; vertigo&#xA0; attacks&#xA0; frequency,&#xA0; pure&#xA0;&#xA0; tone average&#xA0; threshold&#xA0; and functional level scale significantly decreased after the treatment (P &lt; 0.05). Effective vertigo control (class A and B) obtained in 95.8% of the patients. In total, 75% of patients&#xA0; reported decrease&#xA0; in both&#xA0; aural fullness and&#xA0; tinnitus.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; Vestibular&#xA0; evoked myogenic potentials&#xA0; became&#xA0; absent&#xA0; in all the&#xA0; patients&#xA0; but&#xA0; four of them. Posturographic scores were improved after the treatment.
Conclusion: One-shot&#xA0; low-dosage&#xA0; gentamicin&#xA0; was effective&#xA0;&#xA0; in&#xA0;&#xA0; controlling vertigo attacks&#xA0; in M&#xE9;ni&#xE8;re&#x2019;s disease&#xA0; and&#xA0; has&#xA0; useful&#xA0; effects on&#xA0; aural&#xA0; fullness and tinnitus&#xA0; of patients&#xA0; as well. Postural and&#xA0; vestibular tests only have adjunctive role for monitoring&#xA0; therapeutic responses in intratympanic gentamicin-therapy.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijnl.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijnl/article/view/627</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijnl.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijnl/article/download/627/175</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
