TYPE OF SURGERY: Cochlear implant surgery of a patient with VLA Syndrome
PLANNED SURGERY: Med-El cochlear implantation (RIGHT EAR)
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE Perilymph gusher is expected
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SURGEON:Caglar BatmanMarmara Medical UniversityIstanbul (Turkey)
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Caglar Batman. Cochlear Implantation. Right ear
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• 16 years old, girl
• Clinical presentation : Progressive hearing loss
• Clinical follow-up:
– Progressive hearing loss starting from second year of life
– Several times she had had progression and remissions
– She had very limited benefit from corticosteroids
– She could not benefit from her hearing aids in the last 6 months
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Background:
– Febrile illness (-) / Seizures (-)
– Icterus (-) / Maternal febrile illness during pregnancy) (-)
– Infection(-)/ Intermarriage (-)
– Postlingual
– Right-handed
– Tonsillectomy + adenoidectomy ( 2 years old)
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Audiometry:
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Temporal CT and MR
-Bilateral vestibular aqueduct enlargement (vestibular aquaduct syndrome)
- Trajectory of facial nerve and vestibulocochlear nerve are regular
- Morphology of vestibulum and semicircular canals are regular
-Bilateral modiolus are smaller than normal size. This was considered as hypoplastic- Bulbous appearance of cochlea was considered as
septation defect
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Caglar Batman. Cochlear Implantation. Right ear
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Caglar Batman. Cochlear Implantation. Right ear
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Caglar Batman. Cochlear Implantation. Right ear
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Caglar Batman. Cochlear Implantation. Right ear
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