Open AccessCochlear Implantation in a Patient with Failed Renal Transplant: A Case Report
Author(s) -
K. S. Raghavendra,
Sunil Dutt,
S. G. Maneesh,
Suhel Hasan,
Sumit Kumar Gaur,
Apurva Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/s12070-018-1527-9
Subject(s) - medicine , cochlear implantation , otorhinolaryngology , renal transplant , hemodialysis , transplantation , chronic renal failure , surgery , hearing loss , nephrology , audiology
Cochlear implantation has become a standard tool of management of severe to profound hearing loss. Cochlear implantation in patients with chronic renal failure who are on hemodialysis are at greater risk of complications intraoperatively and postoperatively. Very few cases of cochlear implantation have been reported in the English literature so far following renal transplantation. Herein we report a case of cochlear implantation in a 37 year old lady with post renal transplant failure who is on maintenance hemodialysis.