title: Spontaneous bone bed formation in cochlear implantation using the subperiosteal pocket technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To show evidence of spontaneous bone pocket formation using the subperiosteal pocket technique for cochlear implantation surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical capsule report.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated 8 pediatric revision cochlear implant patients who had previously undergone cochlear implantation using the subperiosteal pocket technique. The time between primary and revision surgery varied between 5 and 54 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Spontaneous bone bed formation for the internal receiver stimulator and its electrodes was observed during revision surgeries in all patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The subperiosteal pocket technique for cochlear implantation does not require pockets to be drilled in the skull, unlike the standard technique, because bone beds form spontaneously.
authors.affiliation: *Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of ORL, Istanbul; and †Amasya University S.S. Education and Research Hospital, Department of ORL, Amasya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kadir Serkan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Orhan
authors.forename: Beldan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Necati
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Enver
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Çelik
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Güldiken
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Değer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003051:Cochlea / Q000601:surgery*; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation