title: Overlay versus underlay tympanoplasty. Part I: historical review of the literature.
abstract: The history of otology is the history of the successful treatment of infections of the middle ear and the eardrum. Otologists have sought to restore hearing lost to infections of the eardrum since the 1600s. The development of instruments, techniques, and materials to treat infection is fascinating because of the serendipitous nature of the discoveries and the insight of the discoverers. This historical review describes the history of the treatment of infections of the ear and the development of modern techniques of ear surgery. Two contemporary methods of tympanic membrane repair are then described.
authors.affiliation: Warren Otologic Group, Ohio 44484, USA.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Rizer
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents