Revision of active middle ear implants (AMEI): causes, surgical issues and rehabilitative transition at a single implanting center.
Active middle ear implant
Cochlear implant
Mixed hearing loss
Revision surgery
Sensorineural hearing loss
Journal
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
ISSN: 1434-4726
Titre abrégé: Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9002937
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
16
09
2020
accepted:
10
12
2020
pubmed:
3
1
2021
medline:
6
10
2021
entrez:
2
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To report on failures related to active middle ear implants (AMEI) surgery, within a series of subjects treated at a single Implanting Center. A retrospective review of 79 cases of implanted AMEI has been performed to report the failure ratio, the causes for the failure and the selected rehabilitative solution. The AMEI included 25 Vibrant Soundbridge The overall complication rate affected 20% of the implanted devices, individually ranging from 6.9 to 100%. Hardware system failures were recorded in all the AMEI, ranging from 10 to 50%. The alternative auditory rehabilitation included replacement of the same system in 2 cases, use of a conventional hearing aid in 3 cases, Cochlear implantation in 4 cases and implantation in the contralateral ear in 2 cases. The present clinical experience showed that, in spite of the successful functional rate displayed by the majority of the AMEI implantees, complications may occur to a certain percentage of cases and should prompt the professionals to select alternative solutions, starting from the (re)adoption of a conventional hearing aid and ending up to Cochlear implantation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33386437
doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06565-9
pii: 10.1007/s00405-020-06565-9
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
4289-4294Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.
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