Revision Flap Coverage Following Primary Cochlear Implant Flap Failure: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

When medical management fails to solve skin flap complications following cochlear implantation (CI), same-sided reimplantation may be attempted using revision flaps that provide viable, vascularized tissue. This systematic review assesses long-term outcomes and complications of the most prevalent skin flaps in revision CI.

Data sources

PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase.

Review methods

Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol, each database was queried from inception to December 15, 2024 for articles describing revision CI after skin flap failure. A qualitative synthesis of postoperative complications and long-term outcomes was employed for selected studies.

Results

Of an initial 1878 abstracts screened

SUBMITTER: Pearce AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12682254 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature