caa a22 4500 38808328X CHVBK 20180307125223.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199908 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S002221510014602X doi S002221510014602X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S002221510014602X Medical, surgical and audiological complications of the first 100 adult cochlear implant patients in Birmingham [Elektronische Daten] Of the first 100 patients implanted on the Midland Cochlear Implant Programme the commonest aetiologies of deafness were idiopathic 31 per cent, meningitis 28 per cent and cochlear otosclerosis 16 per cent. The major complication rate was three per cent. The most severe was one individual who post-operatively developed a cerebral infarct and subsequently died. The minor complication rate was 39 per cent, all of which successfully resolved, and included 11 cases of wound infection, nine cases of vertigo, three transient facial palsies and two post-operative bleeds. Older patients and men were most likely to have a post-operative medical complication. Women were more likely to have an abnormal electrode insertion. Meningitis and otosclerosis were the most complicated aetiologies in terms of cochlear ossification and electrode insertion. A non-patient cochlea was associated with fewer active electrodes. In six cases which had been reported pre-operatively as showing patent cochleas, some form of obstructional ossification was encountered. Patients functioning with greater than 15 active electrodes performed better on auditory tests than patients with fewer than 15 active electrodes. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Cochlear implants, complications nationallicence Proops D. W. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolarynology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Stoddart R. L. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolarynology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Donaldson I. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolarynology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/24(1999-08), 14-17 0022-2151 113:24<14 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S002221510014602X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S002221510014602X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Proops D. W. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolarynology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stoddart R. L. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolarynology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Donaldson I. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolarynology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/24(1999-08), 14-17 0022-2151 113:24<14 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge