Black I M, Bailey C M, Albert D M, Leighton S E J, Hartley B E J, Chatrath P, Patel N
Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Cochlear Implants Int. 2007 Jun;8(2):53-67. doi: 10.1179/cim.2007.8.2.53.
The authors present a review of surgical complications following cochlear implantation at Great Ormond Street Hospital, since inception of the programme in 1992 until June 2004. Complications are defined as major (resulting in re-operation, explantation, re-implantation or which resulted in permanent serious morbidity or mortality) or minor (where the implant was not threatened). A comparison of surgical complication rates is made both with an earlier study in the same institution and also with other cochlear implantation centres worldwide. The decrease in surgical complication rates is discussed along with the difficulties inherent in cochlear implantation in the paediatric population with coexisting medical complaints.
