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Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures for Percutaneous Bone Conduction Devices: A Review of Recent Research

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1. Holmes et al. (2021) conducted a retrospective cohort study of adult and pediatric patients who underwent bone conduction surgery to compare the outcomes between the MIPS and LT techniques. Which of the following did they NOT find? Significantly lower rate of localized skin reactions in the MIPS group. Pediatric patients overall had a higher rate of localized skin reactions than the adult patients. Significantly lower rate of revision surgeries for the MIPS group Overall higher rates of device (i.e., sound processor) usage in the MIPS group.
2. According to the Holger’s scale, what is the minimum score considered an abnormal localized tissue reaction? Zero - 0 One - 1 Two - 2 Three - 3
3. When considering direct health care costs, which of the following is NOT considered a direct cost? Patient travel expenses Surgeon fee Operative set-up costs Cost of nursing staff
4. King et al. (2022) described the feasibility and safety of completing bone-anchored hearing using the MIPS procedure in which patient population? Pediatrics Veterans Adults over the age of 65 Adults with congenital SSD hearing loss
5. Recent comparisons of the MIPS technique have found, on average, a surgical time of approximately how many minutes? 22 minutes 36 minutes 4 minutes 15 minutes