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Balloon tuboplasty in patients with Eustachian tube dysfunction: a prospective study in 39 patients (55 ears)
Author(s) -
Bowles P.F.,
Agrawal S.,
Salam M.A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/coa.12812
Subject(s) - medicine , general hospital , pediatrics
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is estimated to affect approximately 1% of the UK population.1 ETD and subsequent inadequate middle ear ventilation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of otological diseases including otitis media with effusion (OME), retraction pockets, tympanic membrane (TM) perforation and cholesteatoma.2This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.