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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026

The Global Burden of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction in Older Patients: Pathophysiology, Clinical Consequences, Diagnostic Challenges and Therapeutic Perspectives-A SANRA-Based Study.

Giannicola Iannella, Pasquale Pio Caputo, Antonino Maniaci, Jerome R Lechien, Giovanni Cammaroto, Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba, Pierre Guarino, Giovanni Salzano, Luigi Angelo Vaira, Stéphane Gargula and 8 more

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Giannicola IannellaDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1781-2809
Pasquale Pio CaputoDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0001-1979-239X
Antonino ManiaciDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Enna Kore, 94100 Enna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1251-0185
Jerome R LechienDepartment of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mons (UMONS), Avenue du Champ de Mars, 6, B7000 Mons, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0845-0845
Giovanni CammarotoHead and Neck Department, ENT & Oral Surgery Unit, G.B. Morgagni, L. Pierantoni Hospital, 47121 Forlì, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1618-0048
Carlos M Chiesa-EstombaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Universitario Donostia, 20003 San Sebastian, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9454-9464
Pierre GuarinoOtolaryngology Head and Neck Unit, "Santo Spirito" Hospital, 65124 Pescara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3796-9483
Giovanni SalzanoMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3947-8733
Luigi Angelo VairaMaxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7789-145X
Stéphane GargulaENT-HNS Department, Aix Marseille University, APHM, CNRS, IUSTI, La Conception University Hospital, 13284 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5034-4210
Hilal Dincer D'AlessandroDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7320-6577
Patrizia ManciniDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0982-0905
Manuele CasaleUnit of Otolaryngology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Antonio MoffaUnit of Otolaryngology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Elena RussoDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0591-0727
Annalisa PaceDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe MagliuloDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3052-1969
Armando De VirgilioDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

ageingballoon dilationEustachian tube dysfunctionfrailtyhearing lossnarrative reviewolder adultspresbycusis

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PMID42793541
PMCPMC13606393

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