Schwartze's operation
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A method for opening the ear by chiselling, used in acute masteoditis. The same operation was described independenly of Schwartze by James Hinton (1822-1875) of London in 1874.
See also Stacke's operation, under Ludwig Stacke, German otologist, 1859-1918.
Bibliography
- H. H. R. Schwartze and Adolf Eysell (1846-):
Ueber die künstliche Eröffnung des Warzenforsatzes.
Archiv für Ohrenheilkunde, 1873, neue Folge 1: 157-187.
(On the surgical opening of the mastoid)
- James Hinton:
Questions of Aural Surgery. 1874.
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