title: The bone-anchored hearing aid and bone-anchored epithesis for congenital ear malformations.
abstract: Surgery for correction of aural atresia was performed on 156 ears in 111 patients. A comparison was made between plastic surgery for auricular reconstruction and the bone-anchored epithesis. Another comparison was performed between hearing improvement after reconstructive surgery for meatal and middle ear atresia and the bone-anchored hearing aid. It was found that the bone-anchored epithesis is an excellent alternative to plastic reconstructive surgery of the auricle. The bone-anchored hearing aid could be considered as a strong alternative to surgery in patients with meatal and middle ear atresia--especially in patients with advanced malformations. Neither the bone-anchored epithesis nor the bone-anchored hearing aid excludes the patient from reconstructive surgery later in life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Granström
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bergström
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tjellström
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004423:Ear / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome