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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Balloon Eustachian Tuboplasty Combined or Not with Myringotomy in Eustachian Tube Dysfunction.

Wei-Chieh Lin, Yao-Wen Chang, Ting-Ya Kang, Ciou-Nan Ye, Hung-Pin Wu, Chung-Ching Lin

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei-Chieh LinDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung 427, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0554-1503
Yao-Wen ChangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung 427, Taiwan.
Ting-Ya KangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung 427, Taiwan.
Ciou-Nan YeDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung 427, Taiwan.
Hung-Pin WuDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung 427, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3336-6319
Chung-Ching LinDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung 427, Taiwan.
Tzu Chi University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is a common disorder causing ear pressure, pain, and hearing loss. Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) is an emerging technique for dilating the Eustachian tube and treating ETD. Whether adding myringotomy improves BET efficacy is controversial.

methodsThis retrospective study included 95 ETD patients undergoing BET alone (

resultsThe ETDQ-7 scores improved significantly after treatment in both groups (

conclusionsBoth BET alone and BET + M effectively and safely improved the subjective and objective ETD outcomes. However, adding myringotomy did not further improve the outcomes over BET alone, while it incurred risks such as persistent perforation. BET alone may sufficiently treat ETD without requiring myringotomy in this cohort. Further randomized controlled trials should identify optimal candidates for BET alone versus combined approaches.

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balloon dilationETDQ-7 scoresEustachian tube dysfunctionmyringotomy

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