A new hand-held otoscope photographic system, convenient and suitable for clinical application, is introduced. This instrument allows clear otoscopic examination in stenotic or tortuous ear canals, and photographs the subject in one procedure. The instrument consists of a rodlens optical system, a fiberoptic light source, a camera, and exchangeable speculum and a strobe light. Color photographs of tympanic membranes and middle ear pathology are presented.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
HollingsheadWH: Anatomy for Surgeons, ed 2. New York, Harper & Row Publishers Inc, 1968, vol 1, p 184.
2.
KonardHR: Otoscope, in BerciG (ed): Endoscopy.New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1976, p 645.
