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<journal-id>2444-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía y cirujanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2444-054X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Academia Mexicana de Cirugía A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2444-054X2021000100077</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/ciru.20000026</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Asociación del momento de administración de dexametasona intratimpánica con los resultados auditivos en pacientes con hipoacusia súbita idiopática: 101 casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Association of the moment of administration of intratympanic dexamethasone with the auditory results in patients with sudden idiopathic hearing loss: 101 cases]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maldonado-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pineda-Cásarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado Hospital Regional General Ignacio Zaragoza Departamento de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad La Salle de México Facultad Mexicana de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>89</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>77</fpage>
<lpage>82</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2444-054X2021000100077&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2444-054X2021000100077&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2444-054X2021000100077&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo: Evaluar la asociación del momento de administración de dexametasona intratimpánica con los resultados auditivos en pacientes con hipoacusia súbita idiopática.  Método: Estudio observacional, longitudinal, analítico y retrospectivo de pacientes tratados por hipoacusia súbita idiopática con fosfato sódico de dexametasona como manejo inicial. Se compararon el umbral auditivo, la ganancia auditiva (dB) y el porcentaje de pacientes que mejoraron de los que iniciaron tratamiento en la primera semana (grupo 1S) y aquellos que lo iniciaron a partir de la segunda semana (grupo 2S). Se consideró significativo un valor de p &lt; 0.05.  Resultados: Se incluyeron 101 pacientes (37 hombres y 64 mujeres). Antes de la enfermedad, los pacientes tenían una función auditiva similar. Tras el tratamiento, los pacientes del grupo 1S tuvieron significativamente mejor discriminación fonética que los del grupo 2S (33.9 ± 18.3 vs. 43.6 ± 26.1 dB; p = 0.036). La ganancia auditiva en el grupo 1S fue de 32.0 ± 11.9 dB y en el grupo 2S fue de 18.2 ± 9.5 dB (p &lt; 0.001). El 93.5% de los que iniciaron tratamiento la primera semana tuvieron mejora auditiva y el 61.8% en la segunda semana (p &lt; 0.001).  Conclusiones: El fosfato sódico de dexametasona intratimpánico administrado en la primera semana, en comparación con la segunda semana, fue más eficaz e indujo mejor discriminación fonética en la mayoría de los casos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ Objective: To evaluate the association of the moment of administration of intratympanic dexamethasone with the auditory results in patients with sudden idiopathic hearing loss.  Method: An observational, longitudinal, analytical, retrospective study on patients treated for sudden idiopathic hearing loss with dexamethasone sodium phosphate as initial management. Auditory threshold, auditory gain (dB) and percentage of patients who improved from those who started treatment in the first week (group 1S) versus those started management from the second week (group 2S) are compared. A p &lt; 0.05 was considered significant.  Results: 101 cases (37 males and 64 female) were included. Before disease, patients had similar auditory function, after treatment patients in group 1S had significantly better phonetic discrimination than those in group 2S (33.9 ± 18.3 vs. 43.6 ± 26.1 dB; p = 0.036) hearing gain in group 1S was 32.0±11.9 dB and in group 2S was 18.2 ± 9.5 dB (p &lt; 0.001). 93.5% of those who started treatment the first week had auditory improvement while only 61.8% in second week (p &lt; 0.001).  Conclusions: Intratympanic dexamethasone sodium phosphate administered in the first week was more effective in inducing better phonetic discrimination in most cases and is safe than in the second week.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Dexametasona]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hipoacusia súbita idiopática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Resultados]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dexamethasone]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sudden idiopathic hearing loss]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Results]]></kwd>
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