Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHA): Skin healing process for skin flap technique versus linear incision technique in the first three months after the implantation

Revue de Laryngologie Otologie Rhinologie

Volumn 130, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 281-284

  Mudry, A ^a  

^a ENT and HNS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BAHA; Complications; Implantation; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR INCISION TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN FLAP TECHNIQUE; SKIN NECROSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE ANCHORS;

EID: 77954007676     PISSN: 00351334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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