ArticleFrontiers in surgery2015
Can the Hydroxyapatite-Coated Skin-Penetrating Abutment for Bone Conduction Hearing Implants Integrate with the Surrounding Skin?
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multimodal Analysis of the Tissue Response to a Bone-Anchored Hearing Implant: Presentation of a Two-Year Case Report of a Patient With Recurrent Pain, Inflammation, and Infection, Including a Systematic Literature Review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Pooled it
- Cytokine expression profile in the bone-anchored hearing system: 12-week results from a prospective randomized, controlled study.Clinical implant dentistry and related research · 2018Trial
- Fluorapatite-Coated Percutaneous Osseointegrated Prostheses Limit Epidermal Downgrowth and Promote Periprosthetic Healing in a Weight-Bearing Sheep Model-A Preliminary Study.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2026Article
- Beyond the surface: exploring contributing factors to bone anchored hearing implant complications.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Fluorapatite-Coated Percutaneous Devices Promote Wound Healing and Limit Epithelial Downgrowth at the Skin-Device Interface.Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine · 2023Article
- Achieving stomal continence with an ileal pouch and a percutaneous implant.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2022Article
- Non-invasive sampling procedure revealing the molecular events at different abutments of bone-anchored hearing systems-A prospective clinical pilot study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- 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.Frontiers in surgery · 2020Article
- A Multinational Cost-Consequence Analysis of a Bone Conduction Hearing Implant System-A Randomized Trial of a Conventional vs. a Less Invasive Treatment With New Abutment Technology.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Microbiome on the Bone-Anchored Hearing System: A Prospective Study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- The clinical outcome and microbiological profile of bone-anchored hearing systems (BAHS) with different abutment topographies: a prospective pilot study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2018Article
- Percutaneous bone-anchored hearing implant surgery: dermatome versus linear incision technique.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionPercutaneous implants, such as bone conduction hearing implants, suffer from complications that include inflammation of the surrounding skin. A sealed skin-abutment interface can prevent the ingress of bacteria, which should reduce the occurrence of peri-abutment dermatitis. It was hypothesized that a hydroxyapatite (HA)-coated abutment in conjunction with soft tissue preservation surgery should enable integration with the adjacent skin. Previous research has confirmed that integration is never achieved with as-machined titanium abutments. Here, we investigate, in vivo, if skin integration is achievable in patients using a HA-coated abutment. MATERIALS AND
methodsOne titanium abutment (control) and one HA-coated abutment (case) together with the surrounding skin were surgically retrieved from two patients who had a medical indication for this procedure. Histological sections of the skin were investigated using light microscopy. The abutment was qualitatively analyzed using scanning electron microscopy.
resultsThe titanium abutment only had a partial and thin layer of attached amorphous biological material. The HA-coated abutment was almost fully covered by a pronounced thick layer of organized skin, composed of different interconnected structural layers.
conclusionProof-of-principle evidence that the HA-coated abutment can achieve integration with the surrounding skin was presented for the first time.
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