Objectives: Discuss use of a linear incision for placement of a magnetically coupled bone anchored hearing implant. Methods: Case series. Results: Two patients underwent placement of magnetically coupled bone-anchored hearing implants (BAHI) through linear incisions. The first, a 40-year-old female with congenital single-sided deafness, previously had successful implantation of a percutaneous bone anchored hearing implant through a linear incision; unfortunately, she developed pain and intermittent drainage at her abutment site with time, resulting in a request for removal of her device. As an alternative to complete removal, we offered to replace the percutaneous implant with a magnetically coupled BAHI, employing the same linear incision previously. The second patient, a 53-year-old obese female with limited neck mobility and mixed hearing loss, underwent primary placement of a magnetically coupled BAHI through a linear incision. Limitations in neck mobility and patient body habitus precluded use of a traditional C-shaped incision. Both patients underwent surgery successfully, healed without incident, had their devices activated 6 weeks after their procedures, and are able to wear their implants more than 8 hours per day without discomfort. Conclusion: Surgical techniques for bone-anchored implants continue to evolve. Though manufacturers of magnetically coupled devices recommend using C-shaped incisions with large skin flaps, our first reported cases suggest that a small linear incision immediately overlying the implant magnet may be an acceptable alternative. Potential benefits include a smaller incision, less hair removal, smaller flap, decreased surgical time, and less postoperative pain.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/623522 |
| Date | 02 1900 |
| Creators | Barry, Jonnae Y., Reghunathan, Saranya, Jacob, Abraham |
| Contributors | Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona |
| Publisher | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | © 2017, Otology & Neurotology, Inc. |
| Relation | http://content.wkhealth.com/linkback/openurl?sid=WKPTLP:landingpage&an=00129492-201702000-00010 |
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