Clinical Outcomes of Soft Tissue Preservation Surgery With Hydroxyapatite-Coated Abutments Compared to Traditional Percutaneous Bone Conduction Hearing Implant Surgery—A Pragmatic Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Frontiers in surgery Vol. 7; p. 5
• Main Authors: van Hoof, M., Wigren, S., Ivarsson Blechert, J., Joore, M. A., Mateijsen, D. J. M., Bom, S. J. H., Stalfors, J., Eeg-Olofsson, Måns, Deguine, O., van der Rijt, A. J. M., Flynn, M. C., Algarra, J. Marco, Stokroos, R. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 05.03.2020
• Subjects: aid; assessment scale; BAHA; Clinical Medicine; complications; dermatome; experience; hydroxyapatite; infection; integration; Klinisk medicin; linear incision; preservation; randomized controlled trial; RCT; RCT - randomized controlled trial; soft tissue; soft tissue preservation; Surgery; survival; transcutaneous implants; hydroxyapatite; RCT - randomized controlled trial; soft tissue preservation; BAHA; surgery

Soft tissue preservation using a hydroxyapatite-coated abutment in bone conduction hearing implant surgery may lead to improved clinical outcomes over the short (1 year) and long term (3 years). In this open multi-center, randomized (1:1), controlled clinical trial, subjects with conductive, mixed h...