Key points
- Post-operative fever and intra-operative hyperthermia are commonly
encountered in all surgical disciplines
- The role of both entities in children undergoing cochlear implant is
unclear
- Its relationship and the effect on local complications is presently
unknown
- Here, IOH and EPF are found to be not uncommon in children undergoing
CI surgery.
- Both seem to be benign conditions and do not influence the development
of local infectious complications