Journal article
Management of cochlear implant infections
The American journal of otology (New York, N.Y.), Vol.20(1), pp.46-49
1999
PMID: 9918171
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to illustrate and discuss management of cochlear implant infections.
Study design: The study design was a retrospective case review.
Setting: This study was performed at a tertiary referral center with an associated Veterans Administration Hospital.
Patients: Postlingually deafened adults who had revision surgery for delayed cochlear implant infections were included in this study.
Intervention: Medical and surgical management of device infection without explantation.
Main outcome measures: Eradication of infection without loss of speech reception.
Results: All four patients were successfully managed without explantation.
Conclusions: Explantation of an infected but functioning multichannel implant is not mandatory in the absence of systemic sepsis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Management of cochlear implant infections
- Creators
- J. T Rubinstein - University of IowaB. J Gantz - University of IowaW. S Parkinson - Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of otology (New York, N.Y.), Vol.20(1), pp.46-49
- PMID
- 9918171
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Otol
- ISSN
- 0192-9763
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1999
- Academic Unit
- Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984303905902771
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