Cochlear Implant Surgery: Endomeatal Approach versus Posterior Tympanotomy.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to compare the posterior tympanotomy (PT) technique to the endomeatal approach. The endomeatal approach (EMA) for Cochlear Implant (CI) surgery was performed on 98 patients with procident lateral sinus or a small mastoid cavity, on 103 ears (Group A). Conventional mastoidectomy and PT was performed on the other 104 patients, on 107 ears (Group B). Data on all patients were then collected for the following: intra- and post-operative complications, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI), Vertigo Symptom Scale (VSS), duration of surgery, and postoperative discomfort. The difference in the total number of major and minor complications between the case group and the control group was not statistically significant. There was a statistically significant difference in d

SUBMITTER: Freni F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7346090 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature