Non-mastoidectomy Cochlear Implant Approaches: A Literature Review

Abstract Introduction Posterior tympanotomy approach for cochlear implant (CI) surgery, has been the most commonly used worldwide with current 0.7% rate of facial nerve injury. Non-mastoidectomy CI approaches include the suprameatal approach (SMA) and its modifications, the transcanal a...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Waheed El-Anwar, Ahmed Shaker ElAassar, Yaser Ahmad Foad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2016-04-01
Series:International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1558871