A comparison of effects of systemic and intratympanic steroid therapies for sudden sensorineural hearing loss:A meta-analysis

作     者：Dan Zhao Busheng Tong Qiang Wang Sten Hellstrom Maoli Duan 

作者机构：Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Department of Audiology and Neurotology Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology Karolinska Institute 

出 版 物：《Journal of Otology》 (中华耳科学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第11卷第1期

页      面：18-23页

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学科分类：1003[医学-口腔医学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100213[医学-耳鼻咽喉科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Sudden sensorineural hearing loss Intratympanic steroids Systemic steroid Meta-analysis 

摘      要：Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intratympanic and systemic steroid therapies in the initial treatment of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) patients. Methods:A comprehensive search of PubMed, Wanfang database and CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) was performed covering the period from January 1990 to July 2014. A meta-analysis was conducted after filtering by the criteria of Cochrane Collaboration. Three hundred fifty six subjects in nine studies allocated to the group of intratympanic steroid therapies and 343 controls receiving systemic steroid therapies met the criteria for meta-analysis. The data were extracted and analyzed using the RevMan 5.3 meta-analysis software. Results: The total effectiveness rate in SSNHL patients receiving intratympanic steroid therapies did not differ statistically from patients receiving systemic therapies (RR ? 1.08, 95%CI ? 0.99e1.99, P ? 0.10), although the rate of full hearing recovery in this group differed significantly from patients receiving systemic therapies (RR ? 1.29, 95%CI ? 1.00e1.66, P ? 0.05). Conclusion: Local steroid therapy appears to generate higher rate of complete hearing recovery than systemic steroid treatment as an initial treatment for SSNHL, which may be especially useful for patients in whom systemic steroids are contraindicated.