Cochlear implant complications: Utility of federal database in systematic analysis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-250

  Tambyraja, Rabindra R ^a   Gutman, Michael A ^a   Megerian, Cliff A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIZZINESS; HEAD INJURY; INFECTION; MEDICAL CARE; MENINGITIS; NECROSIS; OTITIS; PERILYMPH FISTULA; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REIMPLANTATION; SKIN FLAP; SURGERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844313651     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.3.245     Document Type: Article

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