The implant-site split-skin graft technique for the bone-anchored hearing aid

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-180

  Woolford, T J ^a   Morris, D P ^a   Saeed, S R ^a   Rothera, M P ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hearing aid; Mastoid; Osseointegration surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING AID; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SKIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0033006339     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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