Osteomyelitis, lateral sinus thrombosis, and temporal lobe infarction caused by infection of a percutaneous Cochlear implant

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 726-728

  Staecker, Hinrich ^a   Chow, Harold ^a   Nadol Jr , Joseph B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implants; Complications; Lateral sinus thrombosis; Percutaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LATERAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033490839     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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