Balloon eustachian tuboplasty for patients with chronic eustachian tube dysfunction: a novel method for Iranian samples
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Balloon tuboplasty in patients with Eustachian tube dysfunction: a prospective study in 39 patients (55 ears).
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is estimated to affect approximately 1% of the UK population. ETD and subsequent inadequate middle ear ventilation have been implicated in the pathogenesis of otological diseases including otitis media with effusion (OME), retraction pockets, tympanic membrane (TM) perforation and cholesteatoma. Patients may present with vague, non-specific symptoms including a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Auditory and Vestibular Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2008-2657
DOI: 10.18502/avr.v29i4.4639