Treatment of patulous eustachian tube with injectable collagen.
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Patulous Eustachian Tube
The diagnosis and treatment of patulous eustachian tube were discussed with review of the literature. In addition, some new findings from the author's group related to this difficult disorder were presented. We have used 3-dimensional reconstruction of the computed tomography (3D-CT) of the eustachian tube lumen to detect very severe cases of the patulous eustachian tube. The new treatment of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1884-4545,0032-6313
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.82.1063