Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Idiopathic Pain in Percutaneous Bone-anchored Hearing Implants
Publication year
2019Source
Otology & Neurotology, 40, 10, (2019), pp. 1292-1298ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Otorhinolaryngology
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Medical Imaging
Radboudumc Extern
Journal title
Otology & Neurotology
Volume
vol. 40
Issue
iss. 10
Page start
p. 1292
Page end
p. 1298
Subject
Radboudumc 10: Reconstructive and regenerative medicine RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences; Radboudumc 12: Sensory disorders DCMN: Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience; Radboudumc 9: Rare cancers RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health SciencesAbstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify clinical features and investigate treatment outcomes of patients with idiopathic pain related to a percutaneous bone-anchored hearing implant (BAHI) and to propose management recommendations. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart analysis. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS: The clinical data of 14 patients who were treated for idiopathic pain around their percutaneous BAHI between May 2007 and February 2018 at our tertiary referral center were reviewed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Pain after treatment and implant loss. RESULTS: All 14 patients received treatment with oral antibiotics. Nine patients received oral antibiotic combination therapy for 4 weeks, whereafter pain resolved in 4. Out of the five other patients, receiving either antibiotic monotherapy or shortened antibiotic combination therapy, pain resolved in two. In case of persistent pain (57.1%) after initial treatment, other pain management therapies were attempted, however all with only limited effect. Six patients (42.8%) underwent elective removal of the implant. In two patients spontaneous implant loss occurred. In two of the four patients who underwent reimplantation, pain relapsed. In one of these, pain resolved after the removal of the new implant. In the other patient, pain persisted, despite abutment removal. With exception of this latter patient, all other 13 patients were pain free at the latest follow-up. Cone beam computed tomography did not offer additional information regarding diagnosis or treatment. CONCLUSION: Idiopathic pain in BAHI is a rare but bothersome symptom which can result in implant removal. After oral antibiotic combination treatment, symptoms resolved in approximately 40% of patients. Therefore, we think conservative treatment with these antibiotics before implant removal surgery, is worth considering.
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