A.D. 150 Galen describes incising “caries of the auditory meatus” 1363 Guy de Chauliac’s device to inspect ear by direct sunlight 1640 – Banzer uses pig bladder as artificial tympanic membrane 1646 Aural speculum by Hildanus 1653 Light microscope by Antony van Leeuwenhoek 1791 Death of Baron von Berger after mastoid trephination for tinnitus and deafness 1832 “Inspector Auris” by Thomas Buchana...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to identify the difference between patients perspectives regarding the given information during the consenting procedure of mastoidectomy and the type of the provided information by the medical practitioners. This subject is becoming increasingly important because of the increase in the medico-legal litigation due to inadequate consenting process. METHO...

ear cholesteatoma were determined. Various clinical factors predictive of FND preoperatively were also researched. Materials and Methods: A retrospective review of 112 patients (115 ears) undergoing mastoidectomy by canal wall-up or canal wall-down methods during a five-year period was conducted, recording occurrence rates and sites of FND at the time of surgery. Correlations between FND and cl...