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香港中文大学医学院在威尔斯亲王医院研究人员的协助下发明了一种名为“香港耳瓣手术”的外科手术,可治疗胆脂瘤患者.胆脂瘤是会使病人耳内细胞不正常生长的疾病,可以导致病人失聪、脑脓肿、甚至死亡.据估计,目前全球约有五百万人患这种病.医学界在很久以前就已知道怎样去除掉这种瘤以防止它蔓延进入脑壳,引起脑脓肿.但是,对于手术后在中耳及内耳之间留下的洞,医生却始终不知道怎样填补才不会导致伤口恶化和再度制造讨厌的分泌物.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Medicine, with the assistance of researchers at the Prince of Wales Hospital, invented a surgical procedure called “Hong Kong Ear Surgery” to treat patients with cholesteatoma. A normal-growing disease can lead to deafness, brain abscesses, and even death in an estimated 5 million people worldwide today. The medical community knew a long time ago how to get rid of this tumor to prevent it from spreading Into the skull, causing brain abscess, but for surgery after the hole left between the middle ear and the inner ear, doctors always do not know how to fill will not lead to deterioration of the wound and re-create nasty secretions.