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PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THIS NEW APPROACH; SUMMARY REPORT OF 1,780 CASES

JULIUS LEMPERT, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1938;27(5):555-587.

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Surgical operation on the temporal bone through the endaural, antauricular approach consists of three distinct stages. These are:

Stage 1: Operation on the superficial soft parts covering the temporal bone.

Stage 2: Operation on the temporal bone proper.

Stage 3: Surgical treatment and guidance of the membranous and osseous wounds resulting from the first two stages.

The precision with which the technic of these stages is carried out is of the utmost importance to the end result.

STAGE ONE: OPERATION ON THE SUPERFICIAL SOFT PARTS COVERING THE TEMPORAL BONE

Stage 1 consists of the creation of a mobile membranous and extracartilaginous window within the external auditory canal for endaural, antauricular surgical approach to any desired part of the temporal bone.

Since my first report¹ of 165 complete mastoidectomies performed endaurally, it has been my constant aim to improve and perfect the endaural membranous incisions which act as a foundation for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Read at a meeting of the Philadelphia Laryngological Society, Feb. 1, 1938.

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