Ear surgery. Surgeon using a cautery knife to make an incision behind a 35 year old male's ear. A cautery knife burns (cauterises) the skin and flesh

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Ear surgery. Surgeon using a cautery knife to make an incision behind a 35 year old male's ear. A cautery knife burns (cauterises) the skin and flesh to prevent bleeding. The surgery is being carried out to insert prosthetic middle ear bones and to repair a hole in the ear drum (tympanic membrane).

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Photo credit: © DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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