Pneumolabyrinth: a systematic review.

Cecilia BottiAndrea CastellucciFrancesco Maria CrocettaMartina FornaciariDavide GiordanoChiara BassiAngelo Ghidini

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)

The etiopathogenesis of PNL can be summarized in traumatic, iatrogenic, or inflammatory/infective. Its management consists in exploratory tympanotomy and sealing the fistula, but also conservative treatments can be attempted. Vestibular symptoms disappear in the majority of cases. Instead, the prognosis of hearing function is widely variable, and complete recovery is less probable. The certainty of evidence is still too low to make it useful for clinical decision-making.

Keyphrases

decision making
hearing loss
spinal cord injury
oxidative stress
physical activity