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The 8.5mm abutment in children: the Birmingham bone-anchored hearing aid program experience.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20418797     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To the best of our knowledge, the use of the 8.5-mm abutment and its long-term outcome in the pediatric population has not been reported in the medical literature. We describe our experience with the use of the 8.5-mm abutment in a series of 16 children who have required a long abutment. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series review. SETTING: Tertiary hospital. PATIENTS: Patients younger than 16 years who had an 8.5-mm bone-anchored hearing aid abutment fitted. INTERVENTION: Use of an 8.5-mm bone-anchored hearing aid abutment. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Indications and complications with using the 8.5-mm abutment. RESULTS: We have used the longer abutment on both 3- and 4-mm fixtures. We have found the need to use it particularly around the time of puberty when we observed soft tissue problems develop. Follow-up after insertion of the long abutment ranged from 6 months to 6 years. There was 1 fixture extrusion 2 years after a long abutment had been fitted. CONCLUSION: Overall, we have found the long abutment to be useful in a selected pediatric population.
Authors:
Jayesh Doshi; Ann-Louise McDermott; Andrew Reid; David Proops
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1537-4505     ISO Abbreviation:  Otol. Neurotol.     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-26     Completed Date:  2010-10-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100961504     Medline TA:  Otol Neurotol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  612-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK. jayeshdoshi@hotmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Child
Female
Hearing Aids / adverse effects
Hearing Loss / surgery*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects,  instrumentation*
Retrospective Studies
Suture Anchors / adverse effects
Treatment Outcome

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