Robot-assisted Cochlear Implant Electrode Array Insertion in Adults: A Comparative Study With Manual Insertion.

Journal: Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe the first cochlear array insertions using a robot-assisted technique, with different types of straight or precurved electrode arrays, compared with arrays manually inserted into the cochlea.

Authors

  • Hannah Daoudi
    AP-HP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, DMU ChIR, Service ORL, GRC Robotique et Innovation Chirurgicale, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
  • Ghizlene Lahlou
    AP-HP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, DMU ChIR, Service ORL, GRC Robotique et Innovation Chirurgicale, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
  • Renato Torres
    Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Av. Alcides Carrión 101, 04000, Arequipa, Peru.
  • Olivier Sterkers
    AP-HP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, DMU ChIR, Service ORL, GRC Robotique et Innovation Chirurgicale, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
  • Vincent Lefeuvre
    Sorbonne University/AP-HP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, DMU ChIR, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Unit of Audiology, Auditory Implants and skull base surgery.
  • Evelyne Ferrary
    AP-HP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, DMU ChIR, Service ORL, GRC Robotique et Innovation Chirurgicale, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
  • Isabelle Mosnier
    AP-HP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, DMU ChIR, Service ORL, GRC Robotique et Innovation Chirurgicale, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
  • Yann Nguyen
    AP-HP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, DMU ChIR, Service ORL, GRC Robotique et Innovation Chirurgicale, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France. yann.nguyen@inserm.fr.