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Hey,
We scan all new cochlear implants because they’re all conditional. There is one that the surgeon needs to wrap in place or something but that’s the only one we don’t scan.
According to our lead tech, “so what if the patient is just a few inches from the magnet? I’ve been dealing with just a few inches all my life and I’m just fine.”
I’m curious what others do.
On Apr 21, 2025, at 8:19 PM, Phillip wrote:
From my partner to ask OCAD:My wife had a breast cancer 20 years ago and has had routine breast mr without a problem. 2 years ago she required a cochlear implant and was told by the surgical community that the devices are “ all mr compatible”.
The first time she went for her breast mr a tech looked up the safety of the implant which indicated that the device was safe in the mr, but there no testing had ever been done on patients that were prone as one typically is for breast mr. they cautioned against such scans, citing that the head is very close to the magnet among other reasons , and essentially said the patient is on their own.
A very large medical center here in LA scans prone patients routinely without question. Radnet also scans such patients without questions (as long as the device is safe).
I am curious to see if anyone else limits prone scanning with cochlear implants or if anyone has had an adverse incident. Intra articular gd is off label but everyone does it without problem. I suspect the same is true of this situation.
I would appreciate any/all input. Thank you in advance
