Cui Tingting, Jiang Hong, Chen Xiaowei, Feng Guodong, Zhang Zhiyong, Li Fengrong, Zhao Cuixia, Gao Zhiqiang, Han Dongyi, Yang Shiming, Dai Pu, Li Jianan, Xi Xin, Ma Xiulan, Dong Yaodong, Yu Ping
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China.
Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2011 May;25(10):457-9.
To investigate the surgical technique of the pericanal electrode insertion technique for ies cochlear implantation.
Forty cases of sensorineural deafness were subjected to the ies cochlear implants. Cochleostomy was performed through the external auditory canal with a microdrill anterior to the round window. The electrode impedance and electrically auditory brainstem responses(EABR) were tested during the operation. The X-ray photographs were taken after the operation. The cochlear implant was activated in all 40 cases 4 weeks following surgery.
All of the electrodes were inserted and all of the implants worked well. No electrode extrusions or serious surgical complications happened during postoperative observation for 6 months.
The pericanal electrode insertion technique is a safe approach for ies cochlear implantation.