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CASE REPORTS
JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.
Management of cochlear implant infections.
American Journal of Otology 1999 January
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to illustrate and discuss management of cochlear implant infections.
STUDY DESIGN: The study design was a retrospective case review.
SETTING: This study was performed at a tertiary referral center with an associated Veterans Administration Hospital.
PATIENTS: Postlingually deafened adults who had revision surgery for delayed cochlear implant infections were included in this study.
INTERVENTION: Medical and surgical management of device infection without explantation.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Eradication of infection without loss of speech reception.
RESULTS: All four patients were successfully managed without explantation.
CONCLUSIONS: Explantation of an infected but functioning multichannel implant is not mandatory in the absence of systemic sepsis.
STUDY DESIGN: The study design was a retrospective case review.
SETTING: This study was performed at a tertiary referral center with an associated Veterans Administration Hospital.
PATIENTS: Postlingually deafened adults who had revision surgery for delayed cochlear implant infections were included in this study.
INTERVENTION: Medical and surgical management of device infection without explantation.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Eradication of infection without loss of speech reception.
RESULTS: All four patients were successfully managed without explantation.
CONCLUSIONS: Explantation of an infected but functioning multichannel implant is not mandatory in the absence of systemic sepsis.
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