BACKGROUND The Health Technology Assessment programme commissioned a wide-ranging review of treatments for adult Eustachian tube dysfunction. Treatments range from advice and observation and pharmacological treatments to surgical options. OBJECTIVE (i) To assess the evidence for interventions for adults with a clinical diagnosis of Eustachian tube dysfunction and (ii) to identify priorities f...

The goal of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of endoscopic transtympanic balloon dilation of the cartilaginous eustachian tube. To accomplish this, transtympanic balloon dilation of the cartilaginous eustachian tube was performed on 11 eustachian tubes (6 cadaver heads). The balloon catheter was introduced and passed through the protympanic orifice of the eustachian tube transtympanic...

INTRODUCTION As the first ear, nose and throat department in Denmark, we introduced balloon dilatation of the Eustachian tube as a treatment of obstructive dysfunction in the summer of 2012. We present our preliminary experiences with this new treatment in adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS Preoperatively, several different tests were performed including otomicroscopy, audiometry, tympanometry and ...

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...