Reconstruction of congenital Microtia-Atresia: Outcomes with the medpor/bone-anchored hearing aid-approach

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-389

  Romo, Thomas ^a,b   Morris, Luc G T ^a,b,c   Reitzen, Shari D ^a,b,c   Ghossaini, Soha N ^d   Wazen, Jack J ^e   Kohan, Darius ^a,b,c  

^a EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e Silverstein Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Atresia; Microtia; Porous polyethylene; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE GRAFT; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EAR; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; EXTERNAL EAR CANAL ATRESIA; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEARING; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDPOR; MICROTIA; MORBIDITY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; SAFETY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN OVERGROWTH; TEMPORAL LOBE; THERAPY EFFECT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; EAR; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYETHYLENES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE ANCHORS;

EID: 65949096297     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31819fae51     Document Type: Article

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