Local Anesthesia With Sedation for Cochlear Implant Surgery (IC)

Instituto Paranaense de Otorrinolaringologia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cochlear Implant Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01033890

IC-026

IPO IC 026 (Registry Identifier)

IPO - IC026

Details and patient eligibility

About

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The aim of this article is to illustrate the possibility of performing a cochlear implant with local anesthesia and sedation, the anesthesic technique and the advantages of that in comparison to a general anesthesia.

Materials and method: The investigators describe two successful surgeries done with local anesthesia, including the neural telemetry and the conditions the patient presented after the surgery, with a very good recovery and no complications during and after the procedure.

Key words: local anesthesia, cochlear implant

Enrollment: 3 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patients with total deafness

Exclusion criteria

• children under 18 years old