Archaeologists have excavated a 5,300-year-old skull from a Spanish tomb and determined that seven cut marks near the left ear canal are strong evidence of a primitive surgical procedure to treat a ...

A mastoidectomy is a type of surgical procedure on a part of the temporal bone called the mastoid. Doctors typically recommend the procedure to treat conditions called mastoiditis and cholesteatoma.

Tumors of the middle ear and temporal bone are uncommon, and determining their primary site is often challenging. Due to their proximity to the skull base, nasopharynx, and paranasal sinuses, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy correlated with a reduction in imaging-defined brain age, indicating ...