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. 1983 May-Jun;95(5-6):568-75.
doi: 10.3109/00016488309139444.

Five-year experience with skin-penetrating bone-anchored implants in the temporal bone

A Tjellström, U Rosenhall, J Lindström, O Hallén, T Albrektsson, P I Brånemark

Five-year experience with skin-penetrating bone-anchored implants in the temporal bone

A Tjellström et al. Acta Otolaryngol. 1983 May-Jun.

Abstract

A method for stable integration of titanium-implants in bone tissue has been developed at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Screw shaped implants have been inserted in the temporal bone using a delicate surgical technique. After healing-in of the implants it is, in a later séance, possible to penetrate the skin to establish a reaction-free percutaneous passage. An up to 5-year clinical follow-up has shown the possibilities of this new method in the treatment of patients with e.g. certain hearing disorders or facial defects after tumour surgery.

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