Device fixation in cochlear implantation: Is bone anchoring necessary?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1837-1839

  Molony, Timothy B ^a   Giles, Jerald E ^a   Thompson, T Luke ^a   Motamedi, Kevin K ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Complications; Operative technique; Perioperative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIOSTEAL TIE DOWN TECHNIQUE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE ANCHOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOSTEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE ANCHORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956601873     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21033     Document Type: Article

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