Research Article
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak in Cochlear Implantation: Enlarged Cochlear versus Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct (Common Cavity Excluded)
Table 1
Features of ECA and EVA subjects.
| | | Age at implantation | Sex | Other temporal bone anomalies | Intraoperative complications | Electrode insertion approach to cochlear implantation | Postoperative complications |
| | ECA | | | | | | | | 1 | 16 m | M | ECA only | None | Complete cochleostomy | None | | 2 | 18 m | F | ECA only | CSF gusher | Complete cochleostomy | Nausea, vomit | | 3 | 13 m | F | Incomplete partition (type 1) | CSF gusher | Complete cochleostomy | Nausea, vomit | | 4 | 22 m | M | Incomplete partition (type 1) | CSF gusher | Complete cochleostomy | Nausea, vomit | | 5 | 18 m | M | Incomplete partition (type 1) | CSF gusher | Complete cochleostomy | None | | 6 | 63 y | F | ECA only | CSF gusher | Complete cochleostomy | Nausea, vomit, dizziness | | EVA | | | | | | | | 1 | 18 m | M | EVA only | None | Complete cochleostomy | None | | 2 | 12 m | F | EVA only | None | Complete cochleostomy | None | | 3 | 15 m | F | Incomplete partition (type 2) | CSF gusher | Complete cochleostomy | Nausea, vomit | | 4 | 14 m | M | EVA only | None | Complete cochleostomy | None | | 5 | 16 m | M | Semicircular canals dysplasia | None | Complete cochleostomy | None | | 6 | 21 m | F | Semicircular canals dysplasia | None | Complete cochleostomy | None | | 7 | 57 y | M | EVA only | None | Complete cochleostomy | Dizziness | | 8 | 63 y | F | EVA only | None | Complete cochleostomy | None |
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