Open AccessDelayed Recurrent Post Cochlear Implantation Hydroma: A Four Patients Series
Author(s) -
Omar Oulghoul,
F. Hadid,
Othmane Benhoummad,
Youssef Rochdi,
Abdelaziz Raji
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of medical and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2593-8339
DOI - 10.24018/ejmed.2021.3.3.841
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , complication , surgery , cochlear implantation , retrospective cohort study , bandage , case series , hearing loss , audiology , alternative medicine , pathology
Objective: we report our series of late hydroma after cochlear implantation, this complication has not been widely reported in the literature. Method: retrospective study.
Results: four children who had undergone a cochlear implantation aged between 3.2 and 5.3 years (median 4.5 years) were studied. The hydroma episode occurred 4 months to 3 years after cochlear implantation. Two patients had two recurrent episodes. No obvious etiological factors were found, including trauma or infection. No patient benefited from a fine needle aspiration or drainage, all the patients were treated with a broad-spectrum antibiotic with corticosteroid and a slightly compressive bandage with good results in all cases.
Conclusion: Late-onset hydroma is a minor complication with no obvious etiology and good evolution and risk of recurrence, its management remains no codified due to the limited number of cases reported in the literature.