Temporary Explant of a Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Hearing Implant for Imaging of the Pituitary Gland
| Autor: | Alexander Schlattau, Anton Kugler, Sebastian Roesch, Gerd Rasp |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Pituitary gland
medicine.medical_specialty 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Bone conduction Clinical report Hearing Aids medicine Humans 030223 otorhinolaryngology Child Device Removal medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Outcome measures Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sensory Systems Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Pituitary Gland Female Neurology (clinical) Implant business Bone Conduction |
| Zdroj: | Otologyneurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology. 39(7) |
| ISSN: | 1537-4505 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE Clinical report on feasibility and outcome of a surgical procedure. PATIENT Nine-year-old child, supplied with a transcutaneous bone conduction hearing implant, requiring magnetic resonance imaging of the head to exclude a tumor of the pituitary gland. INTERVENTION Temporal removal and subsequent reimplantation of the implant in a single surgical procedure. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Postoperative audiometric results. CONCLUSION Under specific clinical circumstances, temporary removal of the transcutaneous bone conduction implant described, is technically accomplishable. |
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