Nijmegen results with application of a bone-anchored hearing aid in children: Simplified surgical technique

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 805-814

  De Wolf, Maarten J F ^a   Hol, Myrthe K S ^a   Huygen, Patrick L M ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BAHA; Bone anchored hearing aid; Child; Fixture loss; Hearing aid; Osseointegration; Skin reaction; Syndromic indication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE REGENERATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIJMEGEN TECHNIQUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SCAR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 56449128485     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811701103     Document Type: Article

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