Treatment of sudden deafness with microwave irradiation combined with sodium aescinate injection

Objective: To evaluate the theraputic effect of microware irradiation combined with sodium aescinate(SA) injection for treating sudden deafness.Methods: The treatment group received microwave irradiation on the inner ear combined with SA injection and the control group were given SA injection only.Results: The total respond rate was 82.5% in the combination treatment group and 50.0% in the control group.The difference was significant(P<0.01).There was no obvious relation between the course of diseases and curative effect in the combination treatment group(P>0.05).Conclusions: It is effective to treat sudden deafness by microwave irradiation combined with SA injection.