TY - JOUR
T1 - Neurovascular conflict and sudden unilateral sensorineural hearing loss
T2 - coincidence or coexistence?
AU - Yamin, Tzahi
AU - Oron, Yahav
AU - Handzel, Ophir
AU - Abu Eta, Rani
AU - Muhanna, Nidal
AU - Ungar, Omer J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - Objective: To study the association between neurovascular conflict (NVC) of the 8th cranial nerve (CN8) and unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss SSNHL (SSNHL). Methods: A systematic literature search of “MEDLINE” via “PubMed,” “Embase,” and “Google-Scholar” was conducted. Meta-analysis of pooled data was performed for NVC prevalence of SSNHL affected ears versus controls. Results: The literature search identified 941 publications, of which, 9 included in qualitative synthesis (1030 ears) and 5 in quantitative synthesis (484 ears). NVC was as prevalent as 0.8–69% for affected ears and as 19–57% for controlled ears. No association between MRI protocol and NVC prevalence was proved. An odds ratio of 1.05 (95% confidence interval = 0.79–1.39) was calculated for association of NVC in unilateral SSNHL ears versus controls. Conclusion: The prevalence of NVC of CN8 in unilateral SSNHL affected ears is not significantly bigger than controls. Hence, NVC of CN8 is probably NOT associated with unilateral SSNHL. Level of evidence: 1.
AB - Objective: To study the association between neurovascular conflict (NVC) of the 8th cranial nerve (CN8) and unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss SSNHL (SSNHL). Methods: A systematic literature search of “MEDLINE” via “PubMed,” “Embase,” and “Google-Scholar” was conducted. Meta-analysis of pooled data was performed for NVC prevalence of SSNHL affected ears versus controls. Results: The literature search identified 941 publications, of which, 9 included in qualitative synthesis (1030 ears) and 5 in quantitative synthesis (484 ears). NVC was as prevalent as 0.8–69% for affected ears and as 19–57% for controlled ears. No association between MRI protocol and NVC prevalence was proved. An odds ratio of 1.05 (95% confidence interval = 0.79–1.39) was calculated for association of NVC in unilateral SSNHL ears versus controls. Conclusion: The prevalence of NVC of CN8 in unilateral SSNHL affected ears is not significantly bigger than controls. Hence, NVC of CN8 is probably NOT associated with unilateral SSNHL. Level of evidence: 1.
KW - Neurovascular conflict
KW - Sudden deafness
KW - Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
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U2 - 10.1007/s00405-023-07878-1
DO - 10.1007/s00405-023-07878-1
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C2 - 36786926
AN - SCOPUS:85148013289
SN - 0937-4477
VL - 280
SP - 3635
EP - 3641
JO - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
JF - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
IS - 8
ER -