Revision of active middle ear implants (AMEI): causes, surgical issues and rehabilitative transition at a single implanting center.

Maurizio BarbaraE CovelliC FilippiL VolpiniS Monini

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)

The present clinical experience showed that, in spite of the successful functional rate displayed by the majority of the AMEI implantees, complications may occur to a certain percentage of cases and should prompt the professionals to select alternative solutions, starting from the (re)adoption of a conventional hearing aid and ending up to Cochlear implantation.

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