Table 2.

Causes and therapeutic choices of reviewed studies on PLF of the RW

Authors	Causes of PLF of the RW	CS therapy	Exploratory tympanotomy
Althaus 1977 [6]	Heavy lifting	No	First therapeutic choice
Al Felasi et al. 2011 [5]	1) Slap 2) Nose blowing	1) No 2) Yes (1 week)	1) First therapeutic choice 2) After 2 weeks*
Haubner et al. 2012 [8]	89.8% ? 10.2% physical exercise, diving, head trauma, noise exposure	Yes	After 48 h*
Nagai and Nagai 2012 [9]	26.4% head trauma 20.5% heavy lifting 11.7% nose blowing 0.6% noise exposure	Yes	After 8.5 days (median)*
Park et al. 2012 [7]	20% slap 20% head trauma 10% heavy lifting 30% nose blowing 20% intense Valsalva maneuver	66% yes	From 2 days to 47 days*
Our	Sneeze	Yes (1 week)	After 8 days*

CS: corticosteroid

^*from symptoms’onset