Ancient Maori Technique of Eardrum Perforation Repairs - Chicken Bone and Cobwebs

New Zealand ENT Dr. David Grayson  alerted me via Twitter to the interesting factoid that the Maori (indigenous Polynesians of New Zealand) were performing eardrum perforation repairs using a technique that is startlingly similar to the way eardrum repairs today are performed. Of course, we currently use instruments better than a chicken bone and spider cobwebs. Read the description! This description was documented by Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore (1918-2015). The first video shows actua…

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Video of How a Cut Skin Repairs Itself

Ever wonder how the body heals skin cuts? This TED video explains the complex steps required to simply heal a cut skin closed.

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US Gymnast Maroney Suffers Nasal Fracture

World vault champion McKayla Maroney on the US gymnastics team suffered a nasal fracture during pre-meet training when she over-rotated at the end of a tumbling run and fell hard earlier this month. She also suffered a concussion. A visit to the ER revealed her injuries. Apparently no surgical intervention was pursued. This case illustrates that most nasal and even facial fractures do NOT require surgical repair. The key elements that lead towards a decision for facial and/or nasal fra…

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Welding a Cut Nerve Together Using a Laser

Although preliminary, researchers have successfully "welded" a cut nerve together using a laser rather than traditional suture repair. When a nerve is cut, the only way to allow potential for the nerve to regain function is to bring the cut edges together and hope nerve regeneration crosses over. Traditionally, this was pain-stakingly accomplished under the microscope using sutures as thin as a human hair. Using the rabbit facial nerve, researchers used a laser to weld the cut …

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