Endocochlear inflammation in cochlear implant users: Case report and literature review

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 885-893

  Benatti, Alice ^a   Castiglione, Alessandro ^a   Trevisi, Patrizia ^a   Bovo, Roberto ^a   Rosignoli, Monica ^b   Manara, Renzo ^a   Martini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cochleitis; Endocochlear phlogosis; Granulating labyrinthitis; Implant complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; DEFLAZACORT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA INJURY; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COCHLEITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOCOCHLEAR INFLAMMATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; INNER EAR DISEASE; LABYRINTHITIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; TELEMETRY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877801734     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.03.016     Document Type: Review

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