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01-12-2020 | Digital Volume Tomography | Educational Review

Pre- and post-operative imaging of cochlear implants: a pictorial review

Authors: Gerlig Widmann, Daniel Dejaco, Anna Luger, Joachim Schmutzhard

Published in: Insights into Imaging | Issue 1/2020

Abstract

Cochlear implants are increasingly used to treat sensorineural hearing disorders in both children and adults. Pre-operative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging play a pivotal role in patient selection, to rule out findings that preclude surgery or identify conditions which may have an impact on the surgical procedure. The post-operative position of the electrode array within the cochlea can be reliably identified using cone-beam computed tomography. Recognition of scalar dislocation, cochlear dislocation, electrode fold, and malposition of the electrode array may have important consequences for the patient such as revision surgery or adapted fitting.

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Title: Pre- and post-operative imaging of cochlear implants: a pictorial review
Authors: Gerlig Widmann
Daniel Dejaco
Anna Luger
Joachim Schmutzhard
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Digital Volume Tomography
Digital Volume Tomography
Cochlear Implant
Published in: Insights into Imaging / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-020-00902-6

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