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Why did this healthy boy develop hearing loss after routine surgery?
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Why did this healthy boy develop hearing loss after routine surgery?
Wednesday 21 October 2020, 12:20 AM

Doctors have described a rare case of what they believe is acute appendicitis-linked sepsis occlusion of the cochlear vasculature in a young boy, Heather Saxena reports
The mechanism may be due to microembolic occlusion of the vasculture to the cochlea as a consequence of his septic state
A 12-year-old boy has un
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References
1. Thompson SG, Gohil R, Montague M-L. Sudden onset hearing loss following intra-abdominal surgery: an unusual association. BMJ Case Rep 2020;13(9):e234793. doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-234793 https://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/9/e234793