Earliest evidence of ear surgery 5,300 years ago - Phys.Org

( February 23, 2022; Phys.Org )

Description: "A team of several researchers from the University of Valladolid, in Spain and one from the Spanish National Research Council in Italy, has found evidence of the earliest ear surgery performed on a human being. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the group describes their study of a human skull found at the Dolmen of El Pendónis back in 2018 and what they learned from it."

A team of several researchers from the University of Valladolid, in Spain and one from the Spanish National Research Council in Italy, has found evidence of the earliest ear surgery performed on a human being. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the group describes their study of a human skull found at the Dolmen of El Pendónis back in 2018 and what they learned from it.

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An ancient skull was uncovered in 2018 and recently reexamined. Upon reexamination, researchers found evidence that contemporaries had performed a procedure, now known as a mastoidectomy to clean an infected area behind the ear. Regrowth of the skull shows that the patient lived for at least a few months after the procedure.

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• The first otologic surgery in a skull from El Pendón site (Reinoso, Northern Spain)
  
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