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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Otol Neurotol. 2013 Sep;34(7):1272–1277. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182936bb2

Table 3.

Reasons for Surgical Removal (n=17)

Complications n (%) Time to Removal in Years
Surgical site infection 2 (11.8) 0.4, 3.1
Device failure (Unspecified) 2 (11.8) 0.2, 4.2
Device failure (Hard) 4 (23.5) 0.8, 1.1, 2.0, 4.6
Device failure (Soft) 5 (29.4) 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 5.5, 5.9
Non-use 1 (5.9) 7.3
Flap dehiscence 2 (11.8) 0.4, 1.9
Large vestibular schwannoma found post-op 1 (5.9) 0.7