Tougan Taha Abd El Aziz1, Lobna El Fiky2, Mennatallah Hatem Shalaby3, Ahmed Essam2. 1. Radiology Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. toganwafi@yahoo.com. 2. Otorhinolaryngology Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 3. Radiology Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Cochlear implantation (CI) has been extended to involve younger age group with higher incidence of residual hearing which increases the need of minimizing surgical inner ear trauma. Radiological evaluation for electrode position has been studied yet without assessment of inner ear trauma, our objective is radiological evaluation of post cochlear implantation inner ear trauma MATERIAL AND METHODS: 20 patients with CI for pre lingual SNHL were included in this study. Cone beam CT (CBCT) was used for evaluation of electrode position and assessment of inner ear trauma. A Neuroradiologist and an implant surgeon analyzed the relation of inserted electrode to the intra-cochlear structures, with introduction of novel radiological grading for inner ear trauma. RESULTS: The mean major cochlear diameter was 8.9 mm, the mean angular depth of insertion was 406.9944 (SD = 165.0559). Ten patients were with no cochlear trauma (grade 0), three patients were grade 1, two patients were grade 2 and five patients were grade 3 inner ear trauma. CONCLUSION: Radiological evaluation for electrode position should extend to involve assessment of inner ear trauma using relation of the implant to cochlear internal structures which could be performed by CBCT with high resolution and least metallic artifacts.
PURPOSE: Cochlear implantation (CI) has been extended to involve younger age group with higher incidence of residual hearing which increases the need of minimizing surgical inner ear trauma. Radiological evaluation for electrode position has been studied yet without assessment of inner ear trauma, our objective is radiological evaluation of post cochlear implantation inner ear trauma MATERIAL AND METHODS: 20 patients with CI for pre lingual SNHL were included in this study. Cone beam CT (CBCT) was used for evaluation of electrode position and assessment of inner ear trauma. A Neuroradiologist and an implant surgeon analyzed the relation of inserted electrode to the intra-cochlear structures, with introduction of novel radiological grading for inner ear trauma. RESULTS: The mean major cochlear diameter was 8.9 mm, the mean angular depth of insertion was 406.9944 (SD = 165.0559). Ten patients were with no cochlear trauma (grade 0), three patients were grade 1, two patients were grade 2 and five patients were grade 3 inner ear trauma. CONCLUSION: Radiological evaluation for electrode position should extend to involve assessment of inner ear trauma using relation of the implant to cochlear internal structures which could be performed by CBCT with high resolution and least metallic artifacts.
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