Meningitis following cochlear implantation: pathomechanisms, clinical symptoms, conservative and surgical treatments.

TL;DR: The updated findings support continued monitoring and prompt treatment of bacterial infections by health care providers and parents of children with cochlear implants beyond 2 years after implantation, particularly among children with positioners.

TL;DR: The finding of a cellular inflammatory response in 12 of 21 temporal bones suggests that late hematogenous contamination and colonization of the implant is a much more likely pathogenic mechanism and has implications for possible strategies to prevent meningitis after cochlear implantation.

TL;DR: Examination of cochlear implant operations performed in Manchester between June 1988 and June 2002 finds that there were no post-operative deaths, cases of meningitis, nor persistent facial palsies in the series.

TL;DR: A referencing methodusing concealed bordering anatomical structures may be further needed to perform the cochleostomy reliably under the guidance of a navigation system to keep the point accuracy below one millimeter, this cadaver study assessed the value of navigation in cochlear implant surgery.

TL;DR: Although MRI may provide superior discrimination of the audiovestibular and facial nerves and cerebellopontine angle, presently it does not offer any distinct advantages over CT in evaluation of the inner ear.

TL;DR: O n May 22, 1961 a left s tapedectomy was done by D r .

TL;DR: The main pathway of infection to the menings was extension along the branches of the vesticular nerve to the internal auditory meatus and to the subarachnoid space.