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Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial investigating the effect of antioxidants and a vasodilator on overall safety and residual hearing preservation in cochlear implant patients

BACKGROUND: The standard therapy for patients suffering from sensorineural hearing loss is cochlear implantation. The insertion of the electrode array into the cochlea, with potential mechanical trauma and the presence of this foreign body inside the cochlea, may lead to free radical formation and r...

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Autores principales: Scheper, Verena, Schmidtheisler, Melanie, Lasch, Florian, von der Leyen, Heiko, Koch, Armin, Schwieger, Jana, Büchner, Andreas, Lesinski-Schiedat, Anke, Lenarz, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7362557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32665006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04522-9