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Carl-Olof Siggesson Nylén

Born  1892
Died  1978

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Swedish otologist, 1892-1978.

Biography of Carl-Olof Siggesson Nylén

Carl-Olof Nylén is reckoned as one of the founders of microsurgery. In 1921, in the university ear, nose, throat clinic in Stockholm, he built the first operational microscope, a modified monocular Brinell-Leitz microscope for intraoperative use in animals. In November 1921, Nylen used it for a microsurgical operation in a case of chronic otitis with labyrintic fistula. Nylen's microscope was soon replaced by a binocular microscope developed in 1922 by his colleague Gunnar Holmgren (1875-1954).

Bibliography

  • Carl-Olof Nylén:
    A clinical study of the labyrinthine fistula symptoms and pseudo-fistula. 1923. A clinical study on positional nystagmus in cases of brain tumour.
    Acta oto-laryngologica. Supplementum, 1931, supplement 12. Några antecedentia om den grevliga ätten Sinclair.
    Register över artiklar i Släkt och Hävd 1950-2000. Number 96, 1966: 59-56.
  • G. F. Dohlman:
    Carl Olof Nylen and the birth of the otomicroscope and microsurgery.
    Archives of Otolaryngology, Chicago, December 1969, 90 (6): 813-817.
  • Albert Mudry:
    The History of the Microscope for Use in Ear Surgery.
    American Journal of Otology, November 2000, 21 (6): 877-886.

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