[Study of cone-beam CT in evaluating the electrode array of cochlear implantation postoperatively].

To explore ways of evaluating morphological information of cochlea electrode in post cochlear implantation patients, and so as to make sure its value of clinical usage.A series of 52 patients who were diagnosed as severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss and received cochlear implantation were admitted. All the patients had cone-beam CT scanning of the operated side 1 or 2 days after operation. The software of NNT Viewer was used to proceed original DICOM data of CBCT scanning in order to evaluate the morphological information. A comparative study in recognizing the numbers of anatomic structures was carried out between CBCT and X-ray.All the 52 patients successfully received cochlear implantation as well as CBCT scanning.The cochlear implantation was implanted bilaterally at the same time in 3 patients, left side implantation in 13 patients and 36 cases in right side. There are four ways of evaluating the morphological information of electrode in cochlea post-operatively, including mode of Panorex, mode of MPR, mode of 3D-Ceph and 3D-Bone. A comprehensive evaluation can be achieved by the using of these four methods. The numbers of anatomic structures distinguished by CBCT is far more than X-ray.The evaluating methods of CBCT scanning is flexible and diverse, the CBCT scanning have unique values in clinical usage.