TY - JOUR
T1 - Vestibular Implantation and the Feasibility of Fluoroscopy-Guided Electrode Insertion
AU - Stultiens, Joost Johannes Antonius
AU - Postma, Alida Annechien
AU - Guinand, Nils
AU - Pérez Fornos, Angélica
AU - Kingma, Hermanus
AU - van de Berg, Raymond
N1 - Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Recent research has shown promising results for the development of a clinically feasible vestibular implant in the near future. However, correct electrode placement remains a challenge. It was shown that fluoroscopy was able to visualize the semicircular canal ampullae and electrodes, and guide electrode insertion in real time. Ninety-four percent of the 18 electrodes were implanted correctly (<1.5 mm distance to target). The median distances were 0.60 mm, 0.85 mm, and 0.65 mm for the superior, lateral, and posterior semicircular canal, respectively. These findings suggest that fluoroscopy can significantly improve electrode placement during vestibular implantation.
AB - Recent research has shown promising results for the development of a clinically feasible vestibular implant in the near future. However, correct electrode placement remains a challenge. It was shown that fluoroscopy was able to visualize the semicircular canal ampullae and electrodes, and guide electrode insertion in real time. Ninety-four percent of the 18 electrodes were implanted correctly (<1.5 mm distance to target). The median distances were 0.60 mm, 0.85 mm, and 0.65 mm for the superior, lateral, and posterior semicircular canal, respectively. These findings suggest that fluoroscopy can significantly improve electrode placement during vestibular implantation.
KW - Bilateral vestibulopathy
KW - ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION
KW - EYE-MOVEMENTS
KW - Feasibility study
KW - Fluoroscopy
KW - HEARING
KW - HYPOFUNCTION
KW - Implanted
KW - Implanted Electrodes
KW - Proof of concept study
KW - QUALITY-OF-LIFE
KW - Radiography
KW - Semicircular canals
KW - Vestibular implant
U2 - 10.1016/j.otc.2019.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.otc.2019.09.006
M3 - (Systematic) Review article
C2 - 31677739
SN - 0030-6665
VL - 53
SP - 115
EP - 126
JO - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
JF - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -