Commercial equipment is available for conducting Eustachian tube function tests but, generally, the Eustachian tube insufflation method doubles as a treatment and diagnosis. However, with the Eustachian tube insufflation method, the doctor merely performs the auscultation. The Eustachian tube insufflation sounds are not saved as data, and the diagnosis relies on the auditory judgment of the doc...

The presence of surfactant proteins was investigated in the human organ of Corti, Eustachian tube and kidney tissues. It has previously been shown that lamellar bodies are present in hairy cells of organ of Corti, in the cytoplasm of secretory and lumen of tubal glands of Eustachian tube and kidney renal basement membrane. No evidence for the presence of surfactant proteins in the organ of Cort...

OBJECTIVE Assess the patency of the proximal and distal segments of the Eustachian tube in patients undergoing surgery for chronic ear disease. STUDY DESIGN Case study with control group. METHODS All consecutive patients presenting for surgery for chronic ear disease in our practice over 14 months underwent preoperative Valsalva computed tomography (CT), and an attempt was made intraoperati...

UNLABELLED The Eustachian tube has the function of equilibrating the environmental pressure with inner pressure, protecting the middle ear from abrupt pressure changes. AIM To compare the Eustachian tube function in adults with and without history of otitis media and/or respiratory tract inflammation without tympanic membrane perforation. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Eustachian tube function w...

We report a case of malignant melanoma of Eustachian tube with extension to the middle ear cavity and nasopharynx in a 51-year-old woman who presented with right ear fullness. Computed tomography showed a soft tissue mass in the middle ear cavity and caused the widening and eroding of the bony eustachian tube. Magnetic resonance imaging showed well enhancing mass in eustachian tube extending na...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Assess the feasibility of using the Valsalva maneuver to visualize the cartilaginous eustachian tube lumen with computed tomography (CT) in subjects with no ear disease. STUDY DESIGN Prospective case series study. METHODS Thirty-eight consecutive patients undergoing CT of the sinuses for nose-related complaints with normal radiographic findings consented for a CT of th...

Background and Objectives Wideband tympanometry (WBT) provides information additional to what can be provided by the relms of traditional tympanometry, such as absorbance, resonance frequency, peak pressure. We investigated characteristics WBT in various middle ear disorders, especially for chronic otitis media (COM), otosclerosis, patulous eustachian-tube disorder (ETD). Subjects Method recrui...

OBJECTIVE Balloon dilation is a new entity in the therapeutic approach of Eustachian tube dysfunction. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the success of balloon dilation of the tuba auditiva in reducing symptoms in adult patients with Eustachian tube dysfunction. DATA SOURCES Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane Library. REVIEW METHODS The systematic literature search was conducted in...

Balloon dilation of the Eustachian tube has been recently introduced as a novel and minimally invasive method for treating chronic obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction. For the first time worldwide, we assessed the role of this technique in the treatment of children with Eustachian tube dysfunction who did not respond to other treatments. We retrospectively analysed the medical records of 60...