The most ideal trajectory in robot assisted cochlear implant surgery (RACIS) is one that goes through the facial recess, enters the cochlea via the round window and parallel with its basal turn for as long as possible. High resolution imaging coupled with a highly accurate navigation system can enable the planning of a 1.8 mm keyhole trajectory through the mastoid and facial recess toward the inner ear. After more than 70 procedures in Europe, new insights on how to achieve the most optimal trajectory to the round window are essential to attain the next step towards fully autonomous RACIS. In this retrospective study the relationship between the trajectory parameters and the course of robotic approach of all the RACIS cases in our database was analysed.

TRAJECTORIES TOWARD THE INNER EAR IN ROBOTIC COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION

It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm, that on behalf of the Cochlear Implant centers of the Radboud UMC in Nijmegen and Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam to invite you to attend the 16th European Symposium on Pediatric Cochlear Implantation to Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2023.

Yours sincerely, on behalf of the CI Centers at Radboud UMC and Erasmus MC,