Treatment of nasal polyposis in Byzantine times

Lascaratos, JG; Segas, JV; Assimakopoulos, DA

dc.contributor.author	Lascaratos, JG	en
dc.contributor.author	Segas, JV	en
dc.contributor.author	Assimakopoulos, DA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:50:32Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:50:32Z
dc.date.issued	2000	en
dc.identifier.issn	0003-4894	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/26045
dc.subject	ancient medical instruments	en
dc.subject	Byzantine medicine	en
dc.subject	history of rhinology	en
dc.subject	nasal polyps	en
dc.subject.classification	Otorhinolaryngology	en
dc.subject.other	SURGERY	en
dc.subject.other	AD	en
dc.title	Treatment of nasal polyposis in Byzantine times	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2000	en
heal.abstract	The goal of this study was to describe the therapeutic methods and surgical techniques used during Byzantine times (AD 324-1453) for a disease that has occupied physicians since antiquity: nasal polyps. The original Greek-language texts of the Byzantine medical writers, most of which were published after the 17th century, were studied in order to identify the early knowledge of the definition, symptoms, conservative treatments, and surgical intervention in cases of this disease. A considerable number of conservative treatments, etiologic and local (with inunctions or blowing of caustic substances), with evident influence from Roman medicine, were identified even in the early Byzantine medical texts (4th century). Further, some surgical techniques were described that seem to constitute evolution of the Hippocratic tradition. From the study of the original texts of Byzantine medical writers, their interest in the rhinological diseases is evident; in the case of nasal polyps, new techniques were mentioned. The first meticulous intranasal surgical removal of polyps was described. These techniques, obviously developed during the Hellenistic period, initially influenced European medicine and later the rest of the world.	en
heal.publisher	ANNALS PUBL CO	en
heal.journalName	ANNALS OF OTOLOGY RHINOLOGY AND LARYNGOLOGY	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000089416100016	en
dc.identifier.volume	109	en
dc.identifier.issue	9	en
dc.identifier.spage	871	en
dc.identifier.epage	876	en