Journal Reviews

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Balloon dilatation of the eustachian tube - largely very safe but not entirely without risk

4 March 2024 | | Maxillofacial Surgery, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | MAUDE database, adverse event, balloon dilation, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, risk profile

Consent is a fundamental part of our daily working lives. This is something as simple as consent to examine a patient, consent to undertake a procedure as minor as taking blood, through to consent for a major operation. Whatever the...

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Balloon eustachian tuboplasty and inferior turbinectomy

6 January 2023 | | Otology, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty, inferior turbinectomy, obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction, nasal obstruction, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Questionnaire-7

This Taiwanese prospective case-control study looked at concurrent inferior turbinectomy (via submucosal turbinectomy) and balloon eustachian tuboplasty on symptoms related to eustachian tube dysfunction. A total of 50 patients who underwent inferior turbinectomy with balloon eustachian tuboplasty were recruited prospectively...

Application of balloon dilatation in chronic eustachian tube dysfunction

1 November 2017 | | Balloon Tuboplasty, Eustachian Tube, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Chronic eustachian tube dysfunction prevails in 1% of the adult population and can predispose to middle ear disease. There are subjective and objective features of this condition that can affect quality of life. The common methods to treat eustachian tube...

Lateral wall augmentation for patulous eustachian tube

1 January 2017 | | Augmentation, Dysfunction, Eustachian Tube, Injection

The problem more commonly attributed to the eustachian tube is lack of its patency rather than it being unduly patulous. This lesser recognised condition is due to loss of peritubal fat volume resulting in concavity of the lateral wall and...