Carina® and Esteem®: a systematic review of fully implantable hearing devices.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review the outcomes of the fully implantable middle ear devices Carina and Esteem regarding the treatment of hearing loss.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase, Scielo, and Cochrane Library databases were searched.

Study selection

Abstracts of 77 citations were screened, and 43 articles were selected for full review. From those, 22 studies and two literature reviews in English directly demonstrating the results of Carina and Esteem were included.

Data extraction

There were a total of 244 patients ranging from 18 to 88 years. One hundred and 10 patients were implanted with Carina and with 134 Esteem. There were registered 92 males and 67 females. Five studies provided no information about patients' age or gender. From the data available, the follow-up ranged

SUBMITTER: Pulcherio JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4201540 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature