Balloon Dilation of the Eustachian Tube in Chronic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction: A Retrospective Study of 107 Patients.

IF 1 4区医学 Q3 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Journal of International Advanced Otology Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.5152/iao.2022.21379

Heidi Oehlandt, Jaakko Pulkkinen, Lotta Haavisto

{"title":"Balloon Dilation of the Eustachian Tube in Chronic Eustachian Tube Dysfunction: A Retrospective Study of 107 Patients.","authors":"Heidi Oehlandt, Jaakko Pulkkinen, Lotta Haavisto","doi":"10.5152/iao.2022.21379","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: Eustachian tube dysfunction affects from 1% to 5% of adults. This study evaluates the effectiveness of balloon dilation of eustachian tube for treating nonselected patients with eustachian tube dysfunction in a long term.Methods: We evaluated all balloon dilation of eustachian tube operations at Turku University Hospital from 2013 to 2016. The data from 107 patients and 167 ears were collected retrospectively and a questionnaire was sent to these patients regarding their symptoms.Results: An evident reduction of the symptoms was noticed. Aural fullness, otalgia, recurrent acute otitis media, or otitis media with effusion as well as symptoms from changes to ambient pressure and the ability to do the Valsalva maneuver were significantly improved. The mean followup time with the questionnaire was 33 months. Of patients, 80% (36/45) reported long-term reduction of symptoms.Conclusions: In our study, balloon dilation of eustachian tube seems to have reduced symptoms of eustachian tube dysfunction and the results appear to be long lasting.","PeriodicalId":54793,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Advanced Otology","volume":"18 6","pages":"495-500"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ea/61/jiao-18-6-495.PMC9682686.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of International Advanced Otology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5152/iao.2022.21379","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background: Eustachian tube dysfunction affects from 1% to 5% of adults. This study evaluates the effectiveness of balloon dilation of eustachian tube for treating nonselected patients with eustachian tube dysfunction in a long term.

Methods: We evaluated all balloon dilation of eustachian tube operations at Turku University Hospital from 2013 to 2016. The data from 107 patients and 167 ears were collected retrospectively and a questionnaire was sent to these patients regarding their symptoms.

Results: An evident reduction of the symptoms was noticed. Aural fullness, otalgia, recurrent acute otitis media, or otitis media with effusion as well as symptoms from changes to ambient pressure and the ability to do the Valsalva maneuver were significantly improved. The mean followup time with the questionnaire was 33 months. Of patients, 80% (36/45) reported long-term reduction of symptoms.

Conclusions: In our study, balloon dilation of eustachian tube seems to have reduced symptoms of eustachian tube dysfunction and the results appear to be long lasting.

Abstract Image

查看原文本刊更多论文

慢性耳咽管功能障碍的咽鼓管球囊扩张:107例回顾性研究。

背景:1% - 5%的成年人患有咽鼓管功能障碍。本研究评估咽鼓管球囊扩张术治疗非选择性咽鼓管功能障碍患者的长期疗效。方法:对2013年至2016年图尔库大学医院所有咽鼓管球囊扩张手术进行评估。回顾性收集107例患者和167只耳朵的数据，并向这些患者发送有关其症状的问卷。结果:症状明显减轻。听力充盈、耳痛、复发性急性中耳炎或中耳炎伴积液以及环境压力变化引起的症状和Valsalva手法的能力均有显著改善。问卷调查的平均随访时间为33个月。在患者中，80%(36/45)报告症状长期减轻。结论:在我们的研究中，球囊扩张咽鼓管似乎减轻了咽鼓管功能障碍的症状，并且效果似乎是持久的。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of International Advanced Otology OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY-

CiteScore

1.80

自引率

0.00%

发文量

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of International Advanced Otology (IAO – Citation Abbreviation: J Int Adv Otol) is an open access double-blind peer-reviewed, international publication. The Journal of International Advanced Otology is fully sponsored and owned by the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology and the Politzer Society. The Journal of International Advanced Otology is published 3 times per year on April, August, December and its publication language is English. The scope of the Journal is limited with otology, neurotology, audiology (excluding linguistics) and skull base medicine. The Journal of International Advanced Otology aims to publish manuscripts at the highest clinical and scientific level. IAO publishes original articles in the form of clinical and basic research, review articles, short reports and a limited number of case reports. Controversial patient discussions, communications on emerging technology, and historical issues will also be considered for publication.