LXX The Effects of Anesthetics upon the Ear II. Procaine Hydrochloride
LXX The Effects of Anesthetics upon the Ear II. Procaine Hydrochloride
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LXX 麻醉剂对耳朵的影响 II。
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1960
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J. F. Crump
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W. E. Rahm;W. F. Strother;W. L. Gulick;J. F. Crump
In an earlier paper' it was pointed out that the use of topical anesthetics is considered by many surgeons to be the anesthetic method of choice for operations on the ear. Pitkin" indicated the favorable conditions accompanying topical anesthesia, and Goodman and Gilman 4 report that the great practical value of local anesthetic drugs arises from the fact that their action is reversible and is followed by complete recovery of nerve function with no evident structural dam age to nerve fibers or cells. Nevertheless, evidence now points to the fact that certain currently used local anesthetics produce irreversible losses in the cochlear response when these solutions are employed to anesthetize middle ear structures during surgery. According to the electrical hypothesis of auditory nerve stimulation, such losses in the magnitude of the cochlear potential cannot help but have deleterious effects upon hearing. It is possible that while local anesthetics do not cause structural damage to nerve fibers or cells these solutions apparently cause serious damage to the delicate sensory structures of the cochlea. Accordingly, the choice of anesthesia for otological surgery is an important matter, and one which needs very careful study.