Unexpected exit of a cochlear implant electrode through the wall of the basal turn of the cochlea - A report on two patients

Cochlear Implants International

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-171

  Ho, Eu Chin ^a   Proops, David ^a   Andrews, Peter ^b   Graham, John ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal turn; Bony wall erosion; Cochlea; Cochlear implant; Complication

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSARTHRIA; EARDRUM; ELECTRODE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; OTORRHEA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REIMPLANTATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; X RAY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 34848831122     PISSN: 14670100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cii.337     Document Type: Article

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