ABSTRACT
The complications of bone anchored hearing aids are very rare. The most seen postoperative complication is soft tissue reaction locally occuring around the titanium implant. Chronic headache is a rarely seen complication related to bone anchored hearing aids application. We presented a patient having complaints of chronic headache and burning sensation after bone anchored hearing aids application. Follow up for one year after the operation, despite the local and systemic therapies, there was no improvement of symptoms and the device was compulsorily removed. This rare complication of bone anchored hearing aids application is reviewied in the literature and probable reasons of failure are discussed.
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Chronic Pain , Hearing Aids , Chronic Pain/etiology , Chronic Pain/therapy , Humans , TitaniumABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Various graft materials have been used in the tympanoplasty technique. Cartilage grafts are being used increasingly in recent years. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to present the comparative outcomes of the perichondrium-preserved palisade island graft technique previously defined by ourselves. METHODS: We retrospectively compared the hearing and graft success rates in 108 patients with chronic otitis media, who had undergone cartilage tympanoplasty, where both island and perichondrium-preserved palisade graft techniques were used. RESULTS: The success rates among the study and the control groups with regard to graft take were 97% and 93%, respectively. No significant difference was observed between the groups with regard to the postoperative mean pure tone values, improvement in air-bone gaps and reduction in air-bone gaps to under 20dB. However, better results were observed in the study group. CONCLUSION: The perichondrium-preserved palisade island graft technique is an easy method with high graft success rates and hearing outcomes.
