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- Title
Symmetrical placement of bilateral percutaneous bone‐anchored hearing systems via guide‐marker.
- Authors
Garcia, Renata Tadeu Ramirez; dos Santos, Antonio Carlos; Danieli, Fabiana; Hyppolito, Miguel Angelo
- Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the use of a novel technique to estimate the symmetrical placement of percutaneous bone‐anchored hearing systems (BAHS) with a guide‐marker in patients undergoing bilateral surgery with this device. Study Design: Prospective cohort study. Methods: A guide‐marker and anatomical landmarks were used to estimate the implant placement and transferred to the contralateral ear in 12 subjects eligible for bilateral BAHS surgery. To investigate the bilateral symmetry, preoperative tri‐dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction was used to compare the distances between the mandibular condyle and implant placement estimation (mandible‐implant distance) in both the right and left ears of the subjects. Results: The guide‐marker could be used to estimate the bilateral implant placement in all subjects included in this study, simply and easily, including one subject with craniofacial malformation. The mean mandible‐implant distances were 5.37 and 5.38 cm, in the right and left ears of the subjects, respectively, and no differences were observed between them, thereby indicating optimal bilateral symmetry. Conclusion: The use of the guide‐marker proved to be an effective tool to provide symmetrical placement of bilateral BAHS. We propose a novel method employing a simple guide‐marker and tracing based on symmetrical anatomical landmarks to achieve precise placement and optimal symmetry and which may be easily adopted in the surgical routine of BAHS. Level of Evidence: 3.
- Subjects
EAR; MANDIBULAR condyle; MANDIBLE; IMAGE reconstruction; COMPUTED tomography; ESTIMATION theory; BONE conduction
- Publication
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2024, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2378-8038
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/lio2.1195