Balloon dilation Eustachian tuboplasty in the treatment of chronic recurrent secretory otitis media
Li Yongqi
Chen Yubin
Yin Gendi
Abstract：Objective To report outcomes of balloon dilation Eustachian tuboplasty in the treatment of chronic recur-rent secretory otitis media. Methods A non-blind prospective case control study was conducted in 11 patients (13 ears) with chronic recurrent secretory otitis media on balloon dilation Eustachian tuboplasty plus tympanic tube insertion under general anesthesia between August 2014 and April 2015. All cases were followed over 12 months. Eustachian tube function scores before surgery and 1, 6 and 12 months after were compared. A questionnaire was also used to evaluate treatment satisfaction at 12 months after surgery. Results Symptoms and Eustachian tube function scores significantly improved in all cases one month after treatment. At 6 months, symptoms had mostly disappeared in all cases with improved Eustachian tube function scores. At 12 months, Eustachian tube function scores remained high in 11 ears (84.6%), while 2 ears showed symptoms of recurrence and decreased Eustachian tube function scores. The 12 months follow-up questionnaire survey showed that 11 pa-tients (84.6%) were satisfied with the treatment. Conclusion Both short-and middle-term Symptoms and Eustachian tube function scores can be significantly improved in most patients with chronic recurrent secretory otitis media undergoing bal-loon dilation Eustachian tuboplasty surgery, with overall high satisfaction scores.
Keywords：Balloon dilation Eustachian tuboplastychroinc recurrent secretory otitis mediaEustachian tube function scoretreatment
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 610-614 )