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Magnet and receiver-stimulator displacement after cochlear implantation

Clinical characters and management approaches

Asma Alahmadi, Saad Alenzi, Mohammed Alsheikh, Saeed Alghamdi, Mostafa E. Morra and Khalid M. Badr
Saudi Medical Journal August 2021, 42 (8) 813-824; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.8.20210294
Asma Alahmadi
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (Alahmadi), Ministry of Health, from the Head and Neck Skull Base Health Centre (Alghamdi), from the Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery (Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah; from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery (Alenzi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Cochlear Implant (Alsheikh), Royal Commission Hospital, Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Morra), AlAzhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Saad Alenzi
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (Alahmadi), Ministry of Health, from the Head and Neck Skull Base Health Centre (Alghamdi), from the Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery (Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah; from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery (Alenzi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Cochlear Implant (Alsheikh), Royal Commission Hospital, Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Morra), AlAzhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Mohammed Alsheikh
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (Alahmadi), Ministry of Health, from the Head and Neck Skull Base Health Centre (Alghamdi), from the Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery (Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah; from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery (Alenzi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Cochlear Implant (Alsheikh), Royal Commission Hospital, Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Morra), AlAzhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Saeed Alghamdi
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (Alahmadi), Ministry of Health, from the Head and Neck Skull Base Health Centre (Alghamdi), from the Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery (Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah; from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery (Alenzi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Cochlear Implant (Alsheikh), Royal Commission Hospital, Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Morra), AlAzhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Mostafa E. Morra
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (Alahmadi), Ministry of Health, from the Head and Neck Skull Base Health Centre (Alghamdi), from the Department of Otology and Skull Base Surgery (Badr), King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah; from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery (Alenzi), King Abdullah Ear Specialist Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Cochlear Implant (Alsheikh), Royal Commission Hospital, Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Morra), AlAzhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
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