Variation of the cochlear anatomy and cochlea duct length: analysis with a new tablet-based software.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In cochlear implantation, thorough preoperative planning together with measurement of the cochlear duct length (CDL) assists in choosing the correct electrode length. For measuring the CDL, different techniques have been introduced in the past century along with the then available technology. A tablet-based software offers an easy and intuitive way to visualize and analyze the anatomy of the temporal bone, its proportions and measure the CDL. Therefore, we investigated the calculation technique of the CDL via a tablet-based software on our own cohort retrospectively.

Methods

One hundred and eight preoperative computed tomography scans of the temporal bone (slice thickness < 0.7 mm) of already implanted FLEX28™ and FLEXSOFT™ patients were found eligible for analysis w

SUBMITTER: Spiegel JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8930796 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature