Surgical removal of 11 cochlear implants--lessons from the 11-year-old Cambridge programme.
This is a retrospective study of 10 patients (11 ears) out of 132 cochlear implant patients of the Cambridge cochlear implant programme. These patients have all been explanted. Individual problems have been studied, relevant literature reviewed and the pitfalls of implant surgery re-examined in the light of our experience.
Ray
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East of England Cochlear Implant Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Gray
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RF
Court
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications