Risk of Tinnitus After Medial Temporal Lobe Surgery

JAMA Neurol. 2017 Nov 1;74(11):1376-1377. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.2718.

Abstract

This study compares the prevalence of tinnitus among patients who underwent medial temporal lobe resection, matched controls, and individuals with self-reported epilepsy to determine whether medial temporal lobe removal is associated with tinnitus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Temporal Lobe / surgery
  • Tinnitus / epidemiology
  • Tinnitus / etiology*

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