Surgical Complications of Cochlear Implantation

Cochlear implantation is a method used for the treatment ofpatients with profound hearing loss. this procedure may theaccompanied by some major or minor complications. weevaluated the surgical complications of cochlear implantationin fars province (south of iran). a total of 150 patients withcochlear implantation were enrolled in the present study. mostof the patients were pre-lingual children and most of our deviceswere nucleus prosthesis. we had three device failuresand four major complications, including one misplaced electrode,one case of meningitis, one case of foreign body reactionto suture and one case with extensive hematoma. thesecomplications were managed successfully by surgical interventionor re-implantation. facial nerve damage or woundbreakdown was not seen. minor complications including smallhematoma, edema, stitch infection and dizziness were found in15 cases, which were managed medically. in our center, therate of minor complications was comparable to other centersin the world. but the rate of major surgical complications waslower than other centers.