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Cochlear Implant in a Child with a Large Arachnoid Cyst and Cysto-peritoneal Shunt

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Profound hearing loss requiring cochlear implantation and arachnoid cyst requiring placement of Cysto-Peritoneal Shunt (CPS) are two commonly seen entities. However, there are very few published cases of patients requiring both of them. The present report describes the importance of multidisciplinary surgical planning in one such patient.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru, 560076, India

    Aanchal Aggarwal Mittal, Sumit Kumar Gaur & Sunil Narayan Dutt

  2. Ashadeep ENT Centre, Bengaluru, India

    Apurva Kumar

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru, 560076, India

    Abhilash Bansal

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Mittal, A.A., Kumar, A., Bansal, A. et al. Cochlear Implant in a Child with a Large Arachnoid Cyst and Cysto-peritoneal Shunt. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 1), 374–377 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-02145-9

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