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[PMID]: | 27753102 |
[Au] Autor: | Dedo HH |
[Ad] Endereço: | Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. |
[Ti] Título: | Observations on a set of Greco-Roman eye, ear, nose, and throat surgical instruments. |
[So] Source: | Laryngoscope;127(2):354-358, 2017 Feb. | [Is] ISSN: | 1531-4995 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | United States |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | The tools described in this article are verified to be Greco-Roman medical and surgical instruments for the eye, ear, nose, and throat. They include three myrtle leaf-shaped scalpels, three ear spoons, a "Q-tip," a forceps, a needle, and two arrow-pointed scalpels. One of the arrow-pointed scalpels is nearly identical to a Juerger keratome, suggesting that in Roman times, cataracts were extracted, not just "couched" into the posterior chamber. The description presented here goes beyond traditional archeological claims, because as a head and neck surgeon, I evaluated these instruments from a surgeon's point of view. For example, nonsurgeon medical historians have claimed the myrtle leaf-shaped items were used as handles or for blunt dissection, which I feel is mistaken. Review of the literature reveals the Greco-Roman surgeons were doing tonsillectomies, tracheotomies, and cataract extractions, and recognized that swimming in dirty water could cause ear infection. However, it is clear that with poor or no anesthesia, the pain from blunt dissection would have been intolerable, and unnecessary tissue planes would have been opened increasing wound infection risks. Therefore, there would have been no need for the myrtle leaf-shaped blade if it were just a handle. Laryngoscope, 2016 127:354-358, 2017. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Oftalmológicos/história Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Oftalmológicos/instrumentação Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Otorrinolaringológicos/história Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Otorrinolaringológicos/instrumentação Instrumentos Cirúrgicos/história
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Grécia Antiga História Antiga Cidade de Roma
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | HISTORICAL ARTICLE; JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1708 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 171116 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 171116 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 161019 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
[do] DOI: | 10.1002/lary.26247 |
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