Surgical procedure and implanted material description.
The 12 intracochlear electrode placement is greatly facilitated by using our electrode-bearer which is introduced through the round window via a posterior tympanotomy approach. However, partial or complete ossification of the cochlea may oblige us to use again our first technique of one-by-one electrode placement, using Silastic pieces through 12 cochlear fenestrations. The microconnectors and the receptor are also described.
D003051:Cochlea / Q000473:pathology; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000601:surgery*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000601:surgery