Foreign body reaction to cochlear implant

Oto-Rhino-Laryngologia Nova

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 207-209

  Kronenberg, Jona ^a,b   Wolf, Michael ^a,b   Migirov, Lela ^a,b   Shapira, Yisgav ^a,b   Aviel Ronen, Sarit ^a,b   Hildesheimer, Minka ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Foreign body reaction; Silicone

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; EXPLANT; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCAR; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0442296522     PISSN: 10148221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063002     Document Type: Article

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