Open AccessOne Stage BAHA Surgery in Children: Two Centers Experience
Author(s) -
Rivas Alejandro,
Forero Victor H.,
Rivas Adriana,
Haynes David S.,
Rivas Jose A.,
Hall Joseph E.,
Labadie Robert F.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1097-6817
pISSN - 0194-5998
DOI - 10.1177/0194599811415823a287
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , implant , abutment , tertiary referral hospital , retrospective cohort study , dentistry , paleontology , physics , civil engineering , optics , biology , engineering
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.