150 years ago : Schwartze's 1873 mastoidectomy and its implementation over the following 2 years

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BACKGROUND: In 1873, Hermann Schwartze and Adolf Eysell described a new surgical technique for treating mastoid disease using a mallet, chisels, and gouges of various sizes instead of trephines or drill instruments also called "modern mastoidectomy." On the 150th jubilee of this landmark article, we pay tribute by studying the reception and implementation of mastoidectomy in the 2 years following its publication.

METHODS: The commentaries published in the otological and medical literature between the second part of 1873 to the end of 1875 were studied with an emphasis on the three specialized otological journals and the otological textbooks that existed during this period.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The princeps paper Ueber die künstliche Eröffnung des Warzenfortsatzes ("On the artificial opening of the mastoid process") by Hermann Schwartze and Adolf Eysell published in 1873 was rapidly disseminated in the medical literature for nearly 1 year, and then entered a phase of evaluation followed by a phase of extension and implementation, before finding its definitive place in the history of mastoid process surgery.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

Enthalten in:

HNO - 72(2024), 3 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 192-198

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Vor 150 Jahren: die Mastoidektomie von Schwartze 1873 und ihre Etablierung in den folgenden beiden Jahren

Beteiligte Personen:

Mudry, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Plontke, Stefan K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Eysell
History of medicine
Journal Article
Mastoid surgery
Otologic surgery
Surgical technique

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.02.2024

Date Revised 23.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00106-023-01418-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367798425