[Eustachian tube balloon dilation in eustachian tube dysfunction related diseases].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effect of Eustachian tube balloon dilation (ETBD) in treatment of eustachian tube related diseases.


METHODS
Fifteen cases (20 ears) of otitis media with effusion and 22 cases (30 ears) of symptomatic Eustachian tube dysfunction were recruited. Technique of tubomanometry (TMM) showed obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction in all patients. All the patients were received ETBD and followed up with VAS evaluation of ear fullness, muffled hearing, poping sound in the ear and tinnitus. And also the TMM change and middle ear effusion.


RESULTS
Ear fullness, muffled hearing released with 1 week (ear fullness: 8.2 ± 1.4 vs. 2.0 ± 1.2, P < 0.05, muffled hearing: 6.2 ± 1.2 vs. 3.1 ± 0.8, P < 0.05). No recurrence was seemed within 6 months. The eustachian function test turned better. Symptomatic Eustachian tube dysfunction had an effective rate of 96.6% while otitis media with effusion was 95.0%.


CONCLUSIONS
ETBD have good short-term effect in obstructive eustachian tube dysfunction related middle ear dysfunction, which might provide a good way to solve the eustachian tube related diseases.
Maojin
M
Liang
Yiqing
Y
Zheng
Zhigang
Z
Zhang
Yaodong
Y
Xu
Yongkang
Y
Qu
Suijun
S
Chen
Haidi
H
Yang
Qiuhong
Q
Haung
Zeheng
Z
Qiu
Ling
L
Chen
D002404:Catheterization; D004427:Ear Diseases; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion; D012008:Recurrence