Suprameatal Approach for Cochlear Implantation in Children: Our Experience with 320 Cases

Results: The following implant-related complications required explantation with subsequent reimplantation: foreign body reaction (0.6%), allergy to implant (0.3%), and protrusion of the positioner (0.3%). Post-traumatically displaced magnets were reinserted in 3 (0.9%) children. All the vestibular (5.3%) and wound (3.1%) problems were considered as being patient-related and resolved spontaneously or were managed conservatively. There were no surgery-related complications and no cases of mastoiditis developed among the children implanted with the SMA.