title: Cochlear implantation after renal transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Cochlear implantation after renal transplantation is uncommon and poses unique challenges that have only recently been described in the medical literature. This work reports our experience with cochlear implantation in patients who have undergone renal transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review was performed.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was performed in a tertiary academic medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients were identified as having undergone cochlear implantation after renal transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Uneventful unilateral cochlear implantations were performed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Postoperative complications to include wound infection or dehiscence were reported as well as audiometric data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cochlear implantation was completed uneventfully in both patients without postoperative complications. One patient expired two years after the procedure as a result of multiple comorbidities. Both patients achieved successful use of their device.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study adds to the growing evidence that successful cochlear implantation can be achieved in appropriately selected renal transplant patients. Decision making should rely on surgical candidacy as well as assessment of surgical risk in collaboration with the transplant service.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912-4060, USA. kiverson@georgiahealth.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth Charles
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Iverson
authors.forename: Brian John
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: McKinnon
mesh_terms: D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies