Eustachian tuboplasty.
Until recently a practical method of reconstruction of the osseous Eustachian tube, stenosed by bony or connective tissue, was yet to be evolved. This paper recommends a new surgical procedure illustrating the possibility of reaching the isthmus of the Eustachian tube by way of a combined transcanal and preauricular approach. After initial cadaveric dissections the basic surgical anatomy was worked out in two rhesus monkeys. Subsequently within the duration of one-and-a-half years two cases of osseous Eustachian tube stenosis have been managed successfully with no post-operative complication.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery