TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of severe patulous eustachian tube treated with transpharyngeal insertion of silicone plug
AU - Satou, Toshinori
AU - Kawase, Tetsuaki
AU - Baba, Yasushi
AU - Kano, Shigeyuki
AU - Kobayashi, Toshimitsu
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The patulous eustachian tube (ET) is a disease with annoying symptoms such as aural fullness, autophony, and the hearing of one's own respiratory sounds. In severe cases, it is very difficult to completely cure such symptoms. We previously reported that transtympanic insertion of a specially designed silicone plug into ET was effective in about 80% of severe cases. Although rare, in a small number of cases, it was difficult to insert a plug through the tympanic orifice of the ET. In this paper, we report a case of severe patulous ET, in which transtympanic insertion was unsuccessful. We succeeded in controlling symptoms by inserting the plug into the ET through the pharyngeal orifice.
AB - The patulous eustachian tube (ET) is a disease with annoying symptoms such as aural fullness, autophony, and the hearing of one's own respiratory sounds. In severe cases, it is very difficult to completely cure such symptoms. We previously reported that transtympanic insertion of a specially designed silicone plug into ET was effective in about 80% of severe cases. Although rare, in a small number of cases, it was difficult to insert a plug through the tympanic orifice of the ET. In this paper, we report a case of severe patulous ET, in which transtympanic insertion was unsuccessful. We succeeded in controlling symptoms by inserting the plug into the ET through the pharyngeal orifice.
KW - patulous eustachian tube
KW - silicone plug
KW - surgery
KW - transpharyngeal
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U2 - 10.11453/orltokyo1958.46.216
DO - 10.11453/orltokyo1958.46.216
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85024446195
VL - 46
SP - 216
EP - 220
JO - Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Tokyo
JF - Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Tokyo
SN - 0386-9687
IS - 3
ER -