Complications of bone-anchored hearing aids in pediatric patients

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 749-753

  Kraai, Tania ^a   Brown, Colin ^a   Neeff, Michel ^a   Fisher, Kate ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Baha ; Bone hypertrophy; Bone anchored hearing aids; Complications; Osseointegration; Pediatric; Soft tissue hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; AURAL ATRESIA; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BONE REGENERATION; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE HYPERTROPHY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OSSEOINTEGRATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE ANCHORS;

EID: 79955743090     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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