Clinical Results of Percutaneous Implants in the Temporal Bone
| Autor: | N. W. van den Berge, Ad F. M. Snik, Emmanuel A. M. Mylanus, C.W.R.J. Cremers |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male Mastoid process Hearing aid medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Dentistry Punctures Prosthesis Hearing Aids Postoperative Complications Bone conduction Temporal bone otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Child Aged Aged 80 and over Titanium integumentary system business.industry Temporal Bone Prostheses and Implants General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Skull medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Female Implant business Bone Conduction |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 120:81-85 |
| ISSN: | 0886-4470 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archotol.1994.01880250071010 |
| Popis: | The bone-anchored hearing aid is an alternative to the conventional bone-conduction hearing aid, without the disadvantages of pressure pain or skin irritation and with direct sound transmission to the skull. The bone-anchored hearing aid is coupled to a percutaneous titanium implant, which is placed in the mastoid process in two surgical stages. We analyzed the clinical results of 68 percutaneous implants in 65 patients. After a follow-up period of 8 to 45 months, 97% of the implants were anchored in the bone. In 86% of the implants, no potentially dangerous skin reactions occurred. The occurrence of skin reactions was not time dependent. Movement of the skin, thick skin, and poor skin condition around the implant were related to the onset of skin reactions. This study showed that the percutaneous titanium implant forms a stable link between the bone-anchored hearing aid and the skull. |
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