Laryngo- rhino- otologie
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Laryngo- rhino- otologie · Jan 1993
Comparative Study[Comparative studies of the ototoxicity of cisplatin and carboplatin].
The application of the potent anticancer drug cisplatin is limited by major side effects such as its ototoxicity and its nephrotoxicity. Since carboplatin has been introduced into clinical use, a platinum derivative with less pronounced ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity is available. ⋯ Using morphological and functional methods it could be shown that the ototoxic damage was by far higher in a group which had received a total dose of 12 kg cisplatin/kg than in a group which had received a dosage of 90 mg carboplat/kg. Our investigations show that the ototoxic potential of cisplatin in the guinea-pig is more than 9 times higher than that of carboplatin.