Temporary Explant of a Transcutaneous Bone Conduction Hearing Implant for Imaging of the Pituitary Gland.

OBJECTIVE: Clinical report on feasibility and outcome of a surgical procedure. PATIENT: Nine-year-old child, supplied with a transcutaneous bone conduction hearing implant, requiring magnetic resonance imaging of the head to exclude a tumor of the pituitary gland. INTERVENTION: Temporal removal and subsequent reimplantation of the implant in a single surgical procedure. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Postoperative audiometric results. CONCLUSION: Under specific clinical circumstances, temporary removal of the transcutaneous bone conduction implant described, is technically accomplishable.