Journal article
Minimum intraoperative testing battery for cochlear implantation: the international practice trend
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology, Vol.282(2), pp.681-689
02/2025
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-024-08944-y
PMID: 39287816
Abstract
Purpose In cochlear implantation (CI) surgery, there are a wide variety of intraoperative tests available. However, no clear guide exists on which tests must be performed as the minimum intraoperative testing battery. Toward this end, we studied the usage patterns, recommendations, and attitudes of practitioners toward intraoperative testing. Methods This study is a multicentric international survey of tertiary referral CI centers. A survey was developed and administered to a group of CI practitioners (n = 34) including otologists, audiologists and biomedical engineers. Thirty six participants were invited to participate in this study based on a their scientific outputs to the literature on the intraoperative testing in CI field and based on their high load of CI surgeries. Thirty four, from 15 countries have accepted the invitation to participate. The participants were asked to indicate the usage trends, perceived value, influence on decision making and duration of each intraoperative test. They were also asked to indicate which tests they believe should be included in a minimum test battery for routine cases. Results Thirty-two (94%) experts provided responses. The most frequently recommended tests for a minimum battery were facial nerve monitoring, electrode impedance measurements, and measurements of electrically evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs). The perceived value and influence on surgical decision-making also varied, with high-resolution CT being rated the highest on both measures. Conclusion Facial nerve monitoring, electrode impedance measurements, and ECAP measurements are currently the core tests of the intraoperative test battery for CI surgery.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Minimum intraoperative testing battery for cochlear implantation: the international practice trend
- Creators
- Isra Aljazeeri - King Saud UniversityYassin Abdelsamad - MED-ELAbdulrahman Alsanosi - King Saud UniversityAbdulrahman Hagr - King Saud UniversityAna H. Kim - Columbia University Irving Medical CenterAngel Ramos-Macias - Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaAngel Ramos de Miguel - Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran CanariaAnja Kurz - Comprehens Hearing Ctr, Dept Otorhinolaryngol Plast Aesthet & Reconstruct, Josef Schneider Str 11, D-97080 Wurzburg, GermanyArtur Lorens - Inst Physiol & Pathol Hearing, Word Hearing Ctr, Warsaw, PolandBruce Gantz - University of IowaCraig A. Buchman - University of WashingtonDayse Tavora-Vieira - University of Western AustraliaGeorg Sprinzl - Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesGriet Mertens - Antwerp University HospitalJames E. Saunders - Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical CenterJulie Kosaner - Meders Isitme & Konusma Merkezi, Meders Speech & Hearing Clin, TR-34714 Istanbul, TurkiyeLaila M. Telmesani - Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityLuis Lassaletta - Hospital La Paz Institute for Health ResearchManohar Bance - Addenbrooke's HospitalMedhat Yousef - King Saud UniversityMeredith A. Holcomb - University of MiamiOliver Adunka - The Ohio State UniversityPer Caye-Thomasen - RigshospitaletPiotr Henryk Skarzynski - Inst Physiol & Pathol Hearing, World Hearing Ctr, Dept Teleaudiol & Screening, 10 Mochnackiego St, PL-02042 Warsaw, PolandRanjith Rajeswaran - The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterRobert J. Briggs - University of MelbourneSeung-Ha Oh - Seoul National UniversityStefan K. Plontke - Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergStephen J. O'Leary - University of MelbourneSumit Agrawal - Western UniversityTatsuya Yamasoba - Tokyo Teishin HospitalThomas Lenarz - Medizinische Hochschule HannoverThomas Wesarg - University of FreiburgWalter Kutz - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterPatrick Connolly - MED-ELIlona Anderson - MED-ELFarid Alzhrani - King Saud University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology, Vol.282(2), pp.681-689
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00405-024-08944-y
- PMID
- 39287816
- ISSN
- 0937-4477
- eISSN
- 1434-4726
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 09/17/2024
- Date published
- 02/2025
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984721241902771
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