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Published on: June 16, 2022
Radiological parameters related to success of the round window approach in cochlear implantation: A retrospective
Jae-Yoon Kang1, Jee-Hye Chung1, Hee-Sung Park1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
Objectives:
To evaluate the radiologic parameters related to success of round window (RW) approach for cochlear implantation (CI).
Design:
A retrospective cohort study.
Setting:
Academic-tertiary centre.
Participants:
Eighty-four consecutive patients without inner ear anomaly who underwent CI with the intent of the RW approach were included. The RW approach was performed through the facial recess after posterior tympanotomy (RW group). When the RW approach was not possible despite maximum effort to expose the RW, promontory cochleostomy (PC) was performed (PC group).
Main Outcome Measures:
The following radiologic parameters were compared between the two groups: (a) Width of the facial recess, (b) oblique distance between the cochlear basal turn (CBT) and facial nerve (FN), (c) anteroposterior distance between the posterior margin of the RW and FN and (d) angle between the EAC and CBT.
Results:
Seventy patients (83.3%) were implanted using the RW approach, and 14 patients (16.7%) underwent the PC approach for CI. The anteroposterior distance between the posterior margin of the RW and FN and the angle between the EAC and CBT in the RW group were significantly longer and wider than those in the PC group (P < 0.001 and P = 0.001, respectively). Multivariate analysis revealed that these two parameters were independent parameters for success of the RW approach.
Conclusions:
The distance between the posterior margin of the RW and FN and the angle between the EAC and CBT are associated with success of RW approach. Therefore, preoperative radiologic analysis of the two parameters might help CI surgeons to select RW approach.
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