How we do it: A novel approach to the skin-abutment interface of the bone-anchored hearing aid: Use of local skin flaps [1]

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 540-542

  Persaud, R A P ^a   Papadimitriou, N ^a,b   Siva, T ^a   Kothari, P ^a   Quinn, J S ^a  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENT Staff Grade   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; MYCOLOG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33845524819     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: 13652273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2006.01264.x     Document Type: Letter

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