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Removed electrode scar.
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After a very careful preparation of the electrode cable (Figure 1), the implant receiver was removed from the implant bed/periostal pocket without pulling the electrode out of the cochlea (Figure 2).
Magnet-fixed implant receiver after preparation of electrode cable.
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After a very careful preparation of the electrode cable (Figure 1), the implant receiver was removed from the implant bed/periostal pocket without pulling the electrode out of the cochlea (Figure 2).
Mastoid scar removed and view on the opened lateral semicircular canal (arrow).
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Then, the electrode was fixed at the posterior wall of the external auditory canal with bone wax (Figure 3).
Electrode bone wax attached and view into the vestibulum (arrow).
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After that, the labyrinthectomy was performed without dislocation of the electrode from the cochlea (Figure 4).