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[Therapy of chronic obstructive eustachian tube dysfunction: evolution of applied therapies].
HNO 2013 June
This paper reviews the past and present developments in the treatment of chronic obstructive eustachian tube dysfunction. Alongside tube catheterization and bougie insertion, modern approaches such as laser eustachian tuboplasty and balloon eustachian tuboplasty (BET) are described. In BET, transnasal endoscopic insertion via the pharyngeal ostium places a balloon catheter in the cartilaginous portion of the eustachian tube. This is then dilated to a pressure of 10 bar for 2 min. Up until January 2013, 351 chronic obstructive eustachian tube dysfunction patients had been treated in our department using BET. The average preoperative eustachian tube score was 2.1 (± 1.8 standard deviation, SD); 12 months postoperatively it was 6.1 (± 2.6 SD). Of these patients, 87% expressed satisfaction with the improvement in chronic obstructive dysfunction. These results demonstrate that BET is a safe and effective treatment for improving eustachian tube function and ear ventilation.
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