Publications by authors named "Ahmad M Aldhafeeri"
Objectives: To evaluate the clinical and audiological outcomes of percutaneous bone conduction device placement by minimally invasive Ponto surgery (MIPS).
Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study of patients who underwent MIPS from March-November 2019 at King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We reviewed all the clinical data of patients, including preoperative data, postoperative surgical results, and audiological performance (aided and unaided pure tone audiometry and aided and unaided speech tests).
Objectives: To discuss our experience with managing cochlear implant cases that required revision surgery.
Methods: A retrospective case series study including data from 922 cochlear implant patients at an academic tertiary center was evaluated retrospectively. All patients who underwent revision cochlear implant (CI) surgery between January 2011 and July 2017 were included.
Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of performing cochlear implantation under conscious sedation (CS) as day surgery with same-day fitting.
Materials And Methods: All patients underwent cochlear implantation under CS between November 2017 and April 2018. The data collected included demographic information, preoperative clinical characteristics, surgical details, postoperative fitting information, and side effects, if any.
Management of surgical difficulties during cochlear implant with inner ear anomalies.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
January 2017
Objective: To review the difficulties that can occur during cochlear implant surgery in patients with inner ear abnormalities and the management thereof.
Methods: A retrospective chart review of 316 patients who received cochlear implants was conducted. The data collected included the types of inner ear anomalies, intraoperative findings, and the clinical management strategies.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of inner ear anomalies and the frequency of different anomaly types among cochlear implant recipients.
Methods: This study included a retrospective chart review of all patients who received cochlear implants between January 2009 and January 2013 in King Abdulaziz University Hospital cochlear implant program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. All subjects underwent thin-cut CT of the temporal bone and MRI.