| pubmed-article:18791991 | pubmed:abstractText | To document the occurrence of medical/surgical complications in the provision of cochlear implants to a cohort of post-lingually deafened adult patients; to compare cumulative mortality in the cohort with cumulative mortality predicted from an aged-matched control population; to relate the occurrence of medical/surgical complications to the patient's position in the case series; to identify risk factors for elective non-use of implants; and to examine the impact of complications, mortality and elective non-use on the cost of creating a successful user of a cochlear implant. | lld:pubmed |
