Sensorineural hearing loss after spine surgery treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: two case reports

摘要

Acute idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) following lumbar spinal surgery is an exceedingly rare phenomenon. This paper presents a case of ISSNHL presenting acutely after lumbar spine decompression and fusion treated with transtympanic steroids and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy. It also presents the ironic case of SSNHL secondary to presumed viral pathology sustained by the patient's operative surgeon who was treated with transtympanic steroids and HBO2 as well.