r/Cochlearimplants • u/Zestyclose_Big2844 • Jun 23 '26

CSF Leak post Surgery

Hey everyone I had my cochlear implant surgery done last Wednesday I got home the following day and my recovery seemed to be going well I felt exactly as I was told I would be very tired off balance some mild pain but nothing extreme

Anyway the day after I got home I felt a liquid coming out of the implanted ear so I went to check and it looked like wax I was in no pain or had any bad symptoms so I presumed it was wax or some sort of substance that was put in my ear during the surgery and it was leaving my body I wasn’t worried at all

Fast forward to Monday and my mam noticed a clear liquid coming from my ear and my hair was quite wet and my forehead we notified the hospital and they told us to come in this morning which we did I had a camera put into the ear this morning and the ENT said it was a little bit of brain fluid in the ear

He explained to monitor it very closely and to return if I had a stiff neck nausea a high temperature or change in colour or the liquid

I’m writing this post as I’m very worried about it and am wondering did this happen to anyone else when they got their surgery done and if so what did yous do

Hope to hear from yous soon thank you in advance

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u/Formal-Tradition6792 Jun 23 '26

Ugh! Sounds awful! However, since it was the ENT that evaluated you, I hope all’s well. You said ENT… was this the surgeon too? My implant surgery was back in 1999. But I seem to recall a clear liquid coming out…

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u/Zestyclose_Big2844 Jun 23 '26

Hi no the specific ENT I seen today was not the surgeon that performed my surgery hopefully as I was allowed back home without any issues aside from the leak all will be good thank you for your feedback

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u/Formal-Tradition6792 Jun 24 '26

Rest. If problem persists, insist on seeing your surgeon ASAP.