[Complications of transtympanic eustacian tube insufflation (author's transl)].
Serous otitis media is sometimes treated by Eustacian tube catheterization or by insufflation of the middle ear via a myringotomy. Both techniques can cause death as has been described in the literature. Two patients, in whom following middle ear insufflation via a myringotomy air was found intracranially are presented. In one the finding on skull X-ray was coincidental and no symptoms occurred, whereas in the other a paresis of the right foot that lasted for 30 min occurred from the time of the middle ear insufflation for his serous otitis media.
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005064:Eustachian Tube; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000628:therapy*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*
Komplikationen des transtympanalen Tubendurchblasens.