Inflammation of the middle ear is often triggered a cholesteatoma, an aggressive form of chronic otitis media. In order to detect cholesteatomas and bacterial biofilms and to remove them safely, the ...

The surgeon looks through a microscope at the middle ear. What he sees —and what the rest of his surgical team see, on closed-circuit television—is a stirrup-shaped bone called the stapes. Because her ...

A clear view of anatomical structures is vital for the success of surgery--especially in microsurgery where narrow anatomical cavities or proximity to vulnerable organs and tissues can pose ...

Medical devicemaker B. Braun SE has acquired True Digital Surgery, a company that develops robotic-assisted 3D surgical microscopes. The acquisition brings the company under B. Braun’s surgical ...

Archaeologists have excavated a 5,300-year-old skull from a Spanish tomb and determined that seven cut marks near the left ear canal are strong evidence of a primitive surgical procedure to treat a ...

A clear view of anatomical structures is vital for the success of surgery--especially in microsurgery where narrow anatomical cavities or proximity to vulnerable organs and tissues can pose ...