Unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss after combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for emergency cesarean section: A case report.
10.17085/apm.2016.11.4.359
- Author:
Chang Joon LEE
1
;
Byoung woo YOO
;
Jin Sun KIM
;
Sang Hyeon CHO
;
Eui Kyun JEONG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, Gangneung, Korea. uikyun75@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cesarean section;
Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia;
Hearing loss
- MeSH:
Acoustics;
Adult;
Anesthesia*;
Audiometry;
Cesarean Section*;
Emergencies*;
Female;
Fetal Distress;
Follow-Up Studies;
Gestational Age;
Hearing;
Hearing Loss;
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural*;
Humans;
Otolaryngology;
Pre-Eclampsia;
Pregnancy
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2016;11(4):359-361
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 30-year-old primigravida with gestational age of 25 weeks and 4 days was admitted for emergency cesarean section. She was diagnosed as pre-eclampsia with fetal distress. We anesthetized the patient through the combined spinal-epidural anesthetic technique, and there was no specific event throughout the surgical procedures and in post anesthetic care unit. Subsequently, she complained of unilateral hearing difficulty in the ward and an otolaryngology consultation was obtained. She was diagnosed with left sudden sensorineural hearing loss in full frequency range after an acoustic examination. She received intravenous and local steroid treatments for 4 weeks. She showed 32 dB on pure tone audiometry after 5 months. However, we could not continue follow-up testing on the patient because she stopped visiting the hospital since the last examination. We reported a case of uncommon unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss after a combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for emergency cesarean section.
