Simplified technique without skin flap for the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA®) implant;Tecnica semplice senza lembo cutaneo per l’impianto di protesi BAHA®

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 252-255

  Bovo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BAHA ; Hearing loss; Osseointegrated implants; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 63049088143     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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