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Bone-anchored hearing aids and chronic pain: a long-term complication and a cause for elective implant removal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2012

D Siau ,
H Nik ,
J C Hobson ,
A J Roper ,
M P Rothera  and
K M J Green
D Siau*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of South Manchester, UK
H Nik
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Salford Royal University Teaching Hospital, Salford, UK
J C Hobson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Salford Royal University Teaching Hospital, Salford, UK
A J Roper
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Salford Royal University Teaching Hospital, Salford, UK
M P Rothera
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Salford Royal University Teaching Hospital, Salford, UK
K M J Green
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Salford Royal University Teaching Hospital, Salford, UK Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr Derrick Siau, 31 Merchant Quay, Salford M50 3XF, UK Fax: +44 (0)161 291 5332 E-mail: bdsiau@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objectives:

To report a case series of elective removal of bone-anchored hearing aid implants, and reasons for removal.

Design:

Retrospective review of a prospectively collected database.

Setting:

Two tertiary referral centres in the Manchester area: Manchester Royal Infirmary and Salford Royal University Hospital.

Participants:

A series of 499 adults and children who had undergone a total of 602 implant insertions (1984–2008).

Main outcome measures:

Implant removal rates, and reasons.

Results:

Twenty-seven of the 602 implants (4.5 per cent) required removal. Of these, 12 were due to pain (2.0 per cent), seven to persistent infection (1.2 per cent), three to failure of osseointegration (0.5 per cent), three to trauma (0.5 per cent) and two to other reasons (0.4 per cent).

Conclusion:

Chronic implant site pain represents the main reason why implants are removed electively, and affects 2 per cent of all implants. This complication has important medico-legal implications and should be discussed when obtaining informed consent for implantation.

Keywords

AdultChildHearing AidsHearing LossPostoperative ComplicationsProstheses And ImplantsRetrospective StudyPain, IntractableSurgical Wound Infection

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 126 , Issue 5 , May 2012 , pp. 445 - 449
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2012

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