LASUTH Conducts 16 Successful Cochlear Implant Surgeries

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LASUTH Conducts 16 Successful Cochlear Implant Surgeries

The Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Dr Wale Oke has said the institution had conducted 10 successful cochlear implant surgeries.

Oke made the disclosure at a news briefing in Lagos that the surgeries were sponsored by the Lagos State Government.

He said, "Cochlear is implant, an electronic medical device that replaces the function of damaged inner ear. It is an implant that is fixed in the ear after which the patient will be able to hear very well. We are happy to inform the public that LASUTH Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) doctors had successfully carried out eight surgeries at a stretch.''

Dr Bola Adekoya, the Head of ENT and a Consultant in the hospital, also said that 16 implant surgeries had been performed so far in the hospital. "Two were sponsored and conducted in 2014, another eight were sponsored by the Lagos State Government and six others by private individuals.