Structure and function influence of cochlear after dexamethasone intratympanic application
Liu, H.-j.; Dong, M.-m.; Chi, F.-l.
Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 40(6): 440-443
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1673-0860 PMID: 16144342 Document Number: 587635
To study the changes of the structure and function of cochlear after dexamethasone intratympanic application. Forty-five guinea pigs were divided into three groups as normal group, 0.9% sodium chloride injection group and 0.5% dexamethasone group. By using the auditory brainstem response (ABR), the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, the nitric oxide (NO) value and cochlear surface preparation technique, the changes of structure and function of cochlear after intratympanic Dexamethasone application has been investigated in this study. There was not significant difference among three groups in ABR thresholds of wave III (F = 0.5, P = 0.5). There was not significant difference among three groups in SOD activity (F = 2.45, P = 0.96). There was not significant difference among three groups in NO value (F = 3.1, P = 0.3). There was not significant difference among three groups in necrotic values of hair cells on the cochlear surface specimens in 15 mm from basal turn (F = 0.93, P = 0.45). There is no change of cochlear construction and function after intratympanic Dexamethasone application.