title: Surgical management of conductive hearing loss in children.
abstract: Patients with congenital conductive hearing loss present a surgical challenge. Surgeons must be aware of the potential altered anatomy, in particular the potential risks to the facial nerve and inner ear structures; however, meticulous attention to detail in the preoperative evaluation and in the operating room can minimize these risks. If surgery poses too high a risk to these structures, the chances of success are low, or there is a contraindication to surgery, traditional air-conduction hearing aids or bone-anchored hearing aids should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, JHOC 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Raz
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lustig
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*