[Treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) with HELP-apheresis: our experience]

G Ital Nefrol. 2012 Jan-Feb:29 Suppl 54:S138-40.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

In a specific group of patients affected by sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) with high plasma levels of LDL-cholesterol and/or fibrinogen, HELP-apheresis treatment makes a difference in hearing recovery and is a further option available in SSHL therapy.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Audiometry, Pure-Tone
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Blood Component Removal*
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood*
  • Fibrinogen / metabolism*
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / blood
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / therapy*
  • Hearing Loss, Sudden / blood
  • Hearing Loss, Sudden / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Recovery of Function
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Fibrinogen