Ear tube surgery, or tympanostomy surgery, aims to reduce chronic fluid buildup behind the eardrums. This can reduce the frequency of middle ear infections. It may also improve hearing. Ear tube ...

A mastoidectomy is a type of surgery that removes an infection from the bone behind the ear, called the mastoid bone. The mastoid bone looks like a honeycomb, and the spaces are filled with air. Due ...

3DBio Therapeutics, a biotech company in Queens, said it had for the first time used 3-D printing to make a body part with a patient’s own cells. By Roni Caryn Rabin A 20-year-old woman who was born ...