Abstract
Objective: Determine the incidence of postoperative complications associated with bone anchored hearing aid—BAHA—implantation in one surgical time frame for children and adolescents.
Method: Retrospective study at 2 tertiary referral centers. A total of 84 patients less than 18 years old (104 BAHA procedures) with conductive, mixed, and single sided deafness between 2003 and 2010.
Results: Postoperative complications occurred in 21 (20.2%) implants placed. Complications related to skin in 11 (10.5%) cases, implant extrusion occurred in 7 (6.7%) cases, and loss of abutment occurred in 3 (2.8%) cases. 40 dB average functional hearing gain was observed in the whole group of patients.
Conclusion: We found overall incidence (20.2%) of postoperative complications for this group involving 2 different centers and implantations in one surgical time frame, which is not higher than that reported in the 2 stage procedure. These results support the feasibility and safety of single-stage surgery for BAHA implantation in this group of patients.
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