TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical management of conductive hearing loss in children
AU - Raz, Yael
AU - Lustig, Lawrence
PY - 2002/8
Y1 - 2002/8
N2 - Patients with congenital conductive hearing loss present a surgical challenge. Surgeons must be aware of the potential altered anatomy, in particular the potential risks to the facial nerve and inner ear structures; however, meticulous attention to detail in the preoperative evaluation and in the operating room can minimize these risks. If surgery poses too high a risk to these structures, the chances of success are low, or there is a contra-indication to surgery, traditional air-conduction hearing aids or bone-anchored hearing aids should be considered.
AB - Patients with congenital conductive hearing loss present a surgical challenge. Surgeons must be aware of the potential altered anatomy, in particular the potential risks to the facial nerve and inner ear structures; however, meticulous attention to detail in the preoperative evaluation and in the operating room can minimize these risks. If surgery poses too high a risk to these structures, the chances of success are low, or there is a contra-indication to surgery, traditional air-conduction hearing aids or bone-anchored hearing aids should be considered.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0030-6665(02)00054-3
DO - 10.1016/S0030-6665(02)00054-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12487086
AN - SCOPUS:0036703787
SN - 0030-6665
VL - 35
SP - 853
EP - 875
JO - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
JF - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -