Are persistently symptomatic vertebral compression fractures associated with abnormal inflammatory profiles?
Inflammatory mediators are present in needle aspirates of symptomatic vertebral compression fractures. Some of these mediators show different levels than in patients with chronic pain but no fracture.
We conclude that drill-generated noise during craniotomy has been incriminated as a cause of SNHL. Possible noise disturbance to the inner ear can only be avoided by minimizing the number of burr holes and the duration of harmful noise exposure to the cochlear structures.