title: [Setting up a "Bonebridge"].
abstract: Hearing rehabilitation after bilateral radical mastoidectomy has different options. The Bonebridge is a new type of middle ear implant bone conduction. It leaves the external ear canal opened and offers acoustic and aesthetic advantages that make it a new alternative of choice. We report our first case of Bonebridge implanted on a 17 years old patient. He had bilateral conductive hearing loss secondary to a bilateral radical mastoidectomy with open technique and meatoplasty for a bilateral cholesteatoma. The surgical technique is described. After 8 months of use the hearing gain is stable without cutaneous adverse effect.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Clarós, C/Los Vergós 31,08017 Barcelone, Espagne. clinica@clinicaclaros.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clarós
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Diouf
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clarós
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000601:surgery; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000379:methods; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery; D011474:Prosthesis Design