Assessment of more than 1,000 implanted percutaneous bone conduction devices: Skin reactions and implant survival

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-198

  Dun, Catharina A J ^a   Faber, Hubert T ^a   De Wolf, Maarten J F ^a   Mylanus, Emmanuel A M ^a   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a   Hol, Myrthe K S ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone conduction devices; Bone anchored hearing aid; Implant survival; Loading time; Osseointegrated implants; Skin reaction; Titanium implants

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE REGENERATION; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE CONDUCTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856019167     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e318241c0bf     Document Type: Article

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