Eustachian tube catheterization: fundamental skill for competent otolaryngologists
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Update on eustachian tube dysfunction and the patulous eustachian tube.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent knowledge on eustachian tube dysfunction and the patulous eustachian tube. RECENT FINDINGS A clinically useful test for eustachian tube function is still lacking. Narrowing of the isthmus alone was demonstrated to be an insufficient cause of otitis media. Inflammatory mediators identified within the eustachian tube and mi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2379-6359
DOI: 10.15406/joentr.2019.11.00401