Percutaneous Bone-Anchored Hearing Implant Surgery Without Soft-Tissue Reduction

Percutaneous Bone-Anchored Hearing Implant Surgery Without Soft-Tissue Reduction: Up to 42 Months of Follow-up

OBJECTIVE To report the results of bone-anchored hearing implant (BAHI) surgery without soft-tissue reduction (WoSR); in our case, a series of 30 patients with a follow-up period of up to 42 months. PATIENTS The study group included 30 patients between ages 17 and 79 years, where BAHI was indicated, during a 42-month period, between February 2010 and July 2013. Initially, only patients with m...

Bone-anchored hearing device surgery: Linear incision without soft tissue reduction. A prospective study.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The classic surgical procedure for percutaneous bone-anchored hearing devices involves removal of a large area of subcutaneous tissue down to the periosteum. This leads to alopecia and raises the risk of devascularization of the overlying skin with the potential for infection and scarring. The objective of this study was to determine the results of implant placement ...

Simplified technique without skin flap for the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) implant.

Aim of this report is to present a new surgical technique for the BAHA system implant and to discuss the operational techniques and complications related to this type of surgery. The common technique for the positioning of the Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA, Cochlear Limited, Englewood, CO, USA) titanium implant into the temporal bone is based on the use of either a free or a pedunculated skin...

Medicinal honey as treatment for skin reactions associated with bone-anchored hearing implant surgery.

INTRODUCTION Honey is one of the oldest reported materials used in wound-care dressings. Medihoney, a commercially available, medical grade honey (Derma Sciences, Princeton, NJ) produced by bees with access to nectar from the Leptospermum scoparium (manuka) plant in New Zealand, has particularly promising therapeutic properties. It has found popularity among both naturopaths and allopathic woun...

Bone Anchored Hearing Aid