TY - JOUR
T1 - Middle Ear Overpressure Treatment in Severe Meniere's Disease
AU - Shojaku, Hideo
AU - Watanabe, Yukio
AU - Maruyama, Motoyoshi
AU - Motoshima, Hitomi
AU - Junicho, Makiko
AU - Yasumura, Satsuki
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - To evaluate the therapeutic effect of middle ear pressure pulse on endolymphatic hydrops in humans, Meniett20® was used for 12 months in two severe elderly patients with definite Meniere's disease. The average number of vertigo occurrences in the 6 months before treatment and in the 12 months after treatment started was compared. Numeric values (NV) among patients were calculated and categorized into an improved group (NV = 1 - 40). For hearing function, the pure average (PTA) before and 12 months after treatment started was compared. PTA was calculated based on the following equation: PTA = (A + 2XB + C)/4. A, B, and C were thresholds of the pure-tone audiometory at 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 kHz. In one case, hearing function was unchanged, but deteriorated in the other. Pressure pulse treatment may thus be useful in severe cases of Meniere's, especially in the elderly, bilateral cases, and in endolymphatic hydrops in a single hearing ear.
AB - To evaluate the therapeutic effect of middle ear pressure pulse on endolymphatic hydrops in humans, Meniett20® was used for 12 months in two severe elderly patients with definite Meniere's disease. The average number of vertigo occurrences in the 6 months before treatment and in the 12 months after treatment started was compared. Numeric values (NV) among patients were calculated and categorized into an improved group (NV = 1 - 40). For hearing function, the pure average (PTA) before and 12 months after treatment started was compared. PTA was calculated based on the following equation: PTA = (A + 2XB + C)/4. A, B, and C were thresholds of the pure-tone audiometory at 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 kHz. In one case, hearing function was unchanged, but deteriorated in the other. Pressure pulse treatment may thus be useful in severe cases of Meniere's, especially in the elderly, bilateral cases, and in endolymphatic hydrops in a single hearing ear.
KW - Human
KW - Meniere's disease
KW - Meniett20®
KW - Overpressure treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0142023883&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3950/jibiinkoka.106.880
DO - 10.3950/jibiinkoka.106.880
M3 - 学術論文
C2 - 14577325
AN - SCOPUS:0142023883
SN - 0030-6622
VL - 106
SP - 880
EP - 883
JO - Journal of Otolaryngology of Japan
JF - Journal of Otolaryngology of Japan
IS - 9
ER -
