Korean J Anesthesiol.  2008 Mar;54(3):359-362. 10.4097/kjae.2008.54.3.359.

Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss after General Anesthesia: A case report

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  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jkane.kim@samsung.com

Abstract

Sudden hearing loss is a rare complication after general anesthesia.The variety of etiologies and the difficulty in treatment must be a challenge to anesthesiologists.In this patient who was otherwise normal in her right ear, sudden sensorineural hearing loss occurred immediately after general anesthesia.The possible causes of her sensorinerual hearing loss we supposed are the inner ear dysfunction by drilling noise or the pressure change of middle ear cavity or the microvascular circulatory deficiency related to head-rotated position.After steroid, prostaglandin injection and stellate ganglion block therapy, remarkable improvement of hearing was observed.

Keyword

general anesthesia; postoperative sensorineural hearing loss

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia, General
Ear
Ear, Inner
Ear, Middle
Hearing
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Humans
Mandrillus
Noise
Stellate Ganglion
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