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Determining Eustachian Tube Function in Mucosal Ear Disease Using Cost-Effective, Consistent, Constant, Convenient Tests: A Hospital Based Study

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat, 2022
Objective: Using a range of methods, the aim of this study was to measure the patency of the eustachian tube for its effectiveness in all cases of mucosal ear disease.
Sphoorthi Basavannaiah
doaj   +1 more source

The feasibility and safety of eustachian tube dilation with a standard endovascular balloon: A clinical pilot study

open access: yesJournal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2023
Background Obstructive eustachian tube dysfunction is a common pathology, generally accepted as the underlying cause for chronic ear diseases. Eustachian tube dilation has shown promising results in randomized controlled trials, but is a costly procedure.
Valerie Dahm   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hearing loss in oral submucous fibrosis: A narrative review

open access: yesApollo Medicine, 2022
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic insidious disease of the oral cavity mucosa which often occurs due to areca nut chewing, consumption of spicy foods, autoimmunity and genetic predisposition. Burning sensation in the mouth, intolerance to spicy
Santosh Kumar Swain
doaj   +1 more source

CATHETERIZATION OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE. [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association, 1887
Dear Sir : —InThe Journalof October 15 there was published a letter from Dr. Enfield concerning the faucial method of introducing the Eustachian catheter. The doctor cauterized the Eustachian tube per fauces because the nasal septum was so deflected as to render the introduction of the catheter through the inferior meatus impracticable.
openaire   +2 more sources

Morphology and ciliary motion of mucosa in the Eustachian tube of neonatal and adult gerbils. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
The Eustachian tube is a small canal that connects the tympanic cavity with the nasal part of the pharynx. The epithelial lining of the Eustachian tube contains a ciliated columnar epithelium at the tympanic cavity and a pseudostratified, ciliated ...
Yi Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological and pathological changes of Eustachian tube mucosa in an animal model of eosinophilic otitis media

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022
Introduction: Eosinophilic otitis media is an intractable otitis media and a fairly common middle ear disease. However, the pathogenesis of eosinophilic otitis media is obscure.
Jinsong Yang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Imaging‐Guided, Patient‐Specific Guiding Aid (RWNGuide) for Safe and Reproducible Inner Ear Drug Delivery

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A patient‐specific, imaging‐guided aid enables precise and reproducible drug delivery to the inner ear. By guiding therapeutic agents directly to the round window niche, this approach reduces variability in drug localization, improves delivery safety, and addresses a critical bottleneck in inner ear therapy, offering a scalable strategy for precision ...
Yanjing Luo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phenotype Expansion of Malan Syndrome: New Cases and a Review of the Literature

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Malan syndrome is an ultra‐rare overgrowth syndrome caused by pathogenic variants or deletions in nuclear factor one X (NFIX) located at 19p13.2. Here, we report a comprehensive literature review and phenotyping of known patients with Malan syndrome and present a novel cohort of eight patients.
Alex F. Nisbet   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty treatment of longstanding Eustachian tube dysfunction

open access: yes, 2017
Background:Eustachian tube dysfunction is a poorly defined condition associated with various symptoms and it can predispose to middle-ear disease. Balloon dilation Eustachian tuboplasty has been proposed as a treatment for Eustachian tube dysfunction ...
T Singh   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Foreign Body in the Eustachian Tube: A Challenging Diagnosis and Management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Foreign bodies in the external ear are very common. The same cannot be said about foreign bodies in the Eustachian tube (ET). We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with a history of painless left side otorrhea and hearing loss.
Gustavo Lopes   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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