Surgical Complications with the Cochlear Multiple-Channel Intracochlear Implant: Experience at Hannover and Melbourne
| Autor: | Ernst Lehnhardt, Graeme M. Clark, Roland Laszig, Brian C. Pyman, Burkhard Franz, Robert L. Webb |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Reoperation
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Wound Breakdown Prosthesis Surgical Flaps Tinnitus 03 medical and health sciences Postoperative Complications 0302 clinical medicine Germany Cochlear implant medicine Humans 030223 otorhinolaryngology business.industry Australia General Medicine Facial nerve Prosthesis Failure Surgery Cochlear Implants Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Implant medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 100:131-136 |
| ISSN: | 1943-572X 0003-4894 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/000348949110000208 |
| Popis: | The surgical complications for the first 153 multiple-channel cochlear implant operations carried out at the Medizinische Hochschule in Hannover and the first 100 operations at the University of Melbourne Clinic, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, are presented. In the Hannover experience the major complications were wound breakdown, wound infection, electrode tie erosion through the external auditory canal, electrode slippage, a persistent increase in tinnitus, and facial nerve stimulation. The incidence of wound breakdown requiring removal of the package was 0.6% in Hannover and 1.0% in Melbourne. The complications for the operation at both clinics were at acceptable levels. It was considered that wound breakdown requiring implant removal could be kept to a minimum by making a generous incision and suturing the flap without tension. |
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