Mastoid Disease Surgery (Facial Paralysis Following Mastoid Disease And Operation)

An operation, performed by master facial surgeons Gillies and McIndoe, to correct a facial paralysis in a young man. The surgery is shown in detail and explained step by step through intertitles. Immediately after the operation, over-correction is noted in the patient. Later results show the patient's face with increased mobility and little scarring. A further patient, a young boy with the same condition, is shown smiling and eating a biscuit. 3 segments

Mastoid surgery or mastoidectomy is a surgical procedure that is performed to remove the infected mastoid air cells from the skull.

The mastoid is the region behind the ear and forms the skull. The clinical name for this condition is mastoiditis, which is a bacterial infection occurring in the middle and the inner ear.

Mastoidectomy targets the mastoid bone which is composed entirely of air cells and forms the part of the temporal bone in the skull. Mastoiditis occurs when the mastoid cells get infected, primarily due to a middle ear infection that has spread to the skull.

Acute mastoiditis is mostly found in children, while adults are also known to be susceptible to this illness. In the case of chronic mastoiditis, the infection leads to continuous drainage from the infected ear.

Produced by Sir Harold Gillies and A.H. McIndoe.

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