Objective: To investigate the relationship between the pathogenesis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) and the disorder of blood circulation in inner ear. Method :Blood dynamics of the ophthalmic artery were studied quantitatively using color doppler imaging in 34 patients with SSHL. Result:Compared with 34 self-controls and 15 normal controls, 28 patients (82.4％) with SSHL had significantly lower blood flow velocities and higher resistance indices (P＜0.05),and there was no significant difference between the selfcontrol group and the normal control group (P＞0.05). Conclusion: The study suggested that the blood situations－the decreased blood flow velocities and perfusion and increased resistance of ophthalmic artery in patients with SSHL maybe play a role in the pathogenesis of SSHL.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the inhibitory effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone II(GnRHII) and gonadotropin-releasing hormone I agonist (GnRH Ia) on the proliferation of endometrial stromal cells in vitro from endometriosis patients. METHODS: Different concentrations of GnRHII or GnRH Ia were added into the cultured endometrial stromal cells in vitro to detect the cell proliferation inhibition by MTT test. RESULTS: The inhibitory rate of GnRHII or GnRH Ia on eutopic and ectopic endometrial stromal cells in vitro was both dose- and time-dependent (P<0.05). Effect of GnRHII or GnRH Ia on the inhibitory rate of ectopic endometrial stromal cells was significantly higher than that of eutopic (P<0.05). GnRH II had a higher inhibitory rate on the endometrial stromal cells in vitro than did GnRH Ia (P<0.05). CONCLUSION GnRHII has more antiproliferative effect on endometrial stromal cells than GnRH Ia in vitro, especially on ectopic endometrial stromal cells, suggesting that GnRHII may be more effective than GnRH Ia on endometriosis.
Adult ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Endometriosis ; pathology ; Endometrium ; metabolism ; pathology ; Female ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone ; agonists ; analogs & derivatives ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Stromal Cells ; pathology ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of round window catheter placement with dexamethasone perfusion for 13 patients with intractable sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). METHOD: Dexamethasone (2.5 mg) was perfused transtympanically through round window catheter by Micro-infusion pump. The perfusion was taken twice a day and continued for an hour each time, for a total of 7 days. RESULT: Thirteen patients have been followed up for 1 month. Five of them (38.5%) were demonstrated a 17-54 dB improvement in pure-tone threshold average (PTA). The other 8 patients (61.5%) had no effect. CONCLUSION Round window catheter placement with dexamethasone perfusion is a cost-effective and useful treatment for SSNHL patients who had no effect through conventional therapy, although hearing thresholds of these patients had hardly improved to normal levels.
Adult ; Aged ; Catheterization ; Dexamethasone ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; drug therapy ; Hearing Loss, Sudden ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Round Window, Ear

OBJECTIVE: To enhance the cure rate and lower the complication rate and the mortality rate through summarizing the clinical features and experiences in diagnosis and therapy of carotid body tumor (CBT). METHOD: Retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 21 cases (23 sides) of CBT from 1995-2095 occurring in our hospital. RESULT: The accurate diagnosis rates hy using digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were 100%. Seventeen cases (19 sides) accepted surgical operation with different kinds of procedures. The tumors of 8 cases were simplex isolated from the carotid artery. Both the tumour and the external carotid artery were resected in 9 cases. One case underwent resection of both the internal and external carotid artery and the tumour without carotid reconstruction. One case underwent resection of the internal, external carotid artery and the tumor with reconstruction of the internal carotid artery. No operative mortality was observed. The ventricular arrhythmia which had not been controlled pre-operation occurred in 1 case who was finally self-cured. One case had hoarseness and completely recovered in one week. and 1 case without carotid reconstruction had a frequent headache and gradually recovered in 5 months. The others had no complications. CONCLUSION OSA and MRI are the best methods for diagnosing CBT. Surgery is the first choice concerning the treatment of CBT. Accurate preoperative evaluation, correct therapeutic decision exquisite vascular surgical techniques can help to significantly decrease, even avoid the complications.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Angiography, Digital Subtraction ; Carotid Body Tumor ; diagnosis ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo investigate the therapeutic effect of drug treatment for patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) accompanied with feeling of ear fullness (FEF).

METHODSA prospective clinical multicenter research was carried out from August 2007 to October 2011. SSNHL patients aged between 18 to 65 years old and accepted no medication were recruited, with a duration less than two weeks. The patients were divided into four types according to the hearing curve: type A was acute SSNHL in low tone frequencies, type B was acute SSNHL in high tone frequencies, type C was acute SSNHL in all frequencies, and type D was total deafness. Each type was subdivided into two groups by the accompaniment of SEF or not. And each type had four different treatment programs, based on the unified designed randomized table. All patients were followed up for four weeks from the initial examination.

RESULTSA total of 1 024 cases with single side SSNHL were recruited in the study from 33 hospitals in China, including 565 cases accompanied with FEF (55.18%), and 459 cases without FEF (44.82%). By classification of audiogram, 205 cases were type A (20.20%), of whom 122 were accompanied with FEF (59.51%); 141 cases belonged to type B (13.77%), of whom 74 were accompanied with FEF (52.48%); 402 cases were type C (39.25%), of whom 229 were accompanied with FEF (56.97%); and 276 cases were classified as type D (26.95%), of whom 140 were accompanied with FEF (50.72%). No significant difference was observed in total effective rate between the SSNHL patients accompanied with FEF or not in four acoustic types (P > 0.05). Among four acoustic types, the clinical cure rate of patients accompanied with FEF in type A was 93.44%, ranking the first; followed by 84.28% for type C; 75.71% for type D; and 70.27% for type B, respectively.

CONCLUSIONSThe therapeutic effect for patients accompanied with FEF in type A is satisfactory. The presence of FEF do not impact the therapeutic effect for SSNHL patients.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; China ; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural ; therapy ; Hearing Loss, Sudden ; therapy ; Hearing Tests ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Prospective Studies ; Young Adult