title: [The use of extraoral osteointegrated implants in otolaryngology and maxillofacial surgery in children].
abstract: We present our clinical experience with extraoral osteointegrated implants in children. We treated a total of a twenty cases. Seventeen were cases of auricular ephitesis, and in six of them we also inserted a bone conduction auditory prosthesis. In three cases we inserted an orbital ephitesis. Two operations are necessary to place the osteointegrated implants in the temporal and orbital regions respectively. We made a follow-up study of these patients for approximately two years, and we present the resulting statistics, and complications that we encountered. We conclude that osteointegrated implants in carefully pre-selected children, offer excellent ephitesis setting and a reliable method of installing bone conduction hearing aids.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Clarós, Barcelona.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clarós
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clarós
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clarós
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008447:Maxillofacial Prosthesis; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: El uso de los implantes osteointegrados extraorales en otorrinolaringología y cirugía maxilofacial en los niños.