Nigerian Surgeons, Egyptian Conduct Cochlear Implant Surgery In Kaduna

Specialist surgeons person successfully performed cochlear implant country connected children with profound proceeding nonaccomplishment astatine Jowako Specialist Hospital, Kaduna.

The country was led by Prof. Mohammed Garba Mainasara, a advisor ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) and caput and cervix surgeon, alongside Prof. Ahmed Mahanna, an otology and cochlear implantation adept from the Alexandria School of Medicine.

Speaking aft the surgery, Prof. Mainasara explained that cochlear implantation is simply a surgical process carried retired connected patients with implicit proceeding nonaccomplishment and tin beryllium done connected babies arsenic young arsenic 1 twelvemonth oregon connected adults who mislaid their proceeding owed to sickness oregon drugs.

He explained that the process involves placing a instrumentality that straight stimulates the auditory nervus to supply dependable to the brain, bypassing damaged parts of the ear.

“Early detection is precise important. We person started newborn proceeding screening astatine Jowako Hospital truthful that if immoderate abnormality is detected, we tin program for implant early,” helium said.

Prof. Mahanna, who pioneered cochlear implant country successful Kaduna successful 2020, said the instrumentality transforms lives.

“Some patients who were calved deaf present be mean schools and person go professionals aft palmy implantation. Today is the commencement of a agelong travel to beryllium followed by code and auditory rehabilitation. These children tin instrumentality to beryllium mean similar their peers,” helium said.

He noted that the instrumentality used, Medical Electronics (MED-EL) from Austria, is costly and mostly paid for by patients successful Nigeria.

He called connected the national authorities to subsidise the outgo arsenic is done successful countries similar Tanzania and India.

“Some African countries wage for the device. The Nigerian authorities tin bash the aforesaid truthful that we surgeons conscionable implant it,” Prof. Mahanna said.

LEADERSHIP gathered that since 2020, much than 30 cochlear implant surgeries person been done successful Kaduna by the aforesaid team.

Families of the patients besides appealed to the authorities to subsidise the outgo of the device, which they said was implicit N35 million.