Post operatively- Injection Augmentin (50-60mg/kg/day), Injection
Piperacillin + Tazobactam (200-300mg/kg/day) were given for 10 days
followed by oral antibiotics for a week and oral Rifampicin (10
mg/kg/day) for 6 months. Patients were discharged on the 10th day of
surgery. A histopathological examination of the biofilm showed chronic
inflammation. One year after the surgery, there were no signs of
infection and patients are in follow up (Figure 3). One patient
presented a recurrent infection for three weeks and we decided to take
out the implant, leaving the array in the cochlea in order to avoid
fibrosis and cochlear ossification. In the first month of the follow up,
one patient presented some swelling and discharge from the flap which
was infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We explanted the patient
without undergoing any further salvage surgeries. After a follow up
period of one year, none of the patients on examination presented any
sign of implant infection and are still in follow up. (Table 1)