title: [Results of an endoscopic study in patients with long-term tubal dysfunction].
abstract: Basing on the findings of a comprehensive endoscopic examination of 121 patients with tubal dysfunction, a clinicoanatomic systematization was made of pathologic changes in the area of the pharyngeal opening of the auditory tube. A correlation was found between long-lasting tubal dysfunction and diseases of the nose, paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx and pharynx.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Kriukov
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Turovskiĭ
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Shubin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004724:Endoscopy; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors