American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 346-348, July 2011

Autologous cartilage injection for the patulous eustachian tube

  • Soo-Keun Kong, MD
    • ,
  • Il-Woo Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Beouhri, Mulgeump, Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, 626-813 South Korea. Tel.: +82 55 360 2651; fax: +82 55 360 2930.
    • ,
  • Eui-Kyung Goh, MD
    • ,
  • Sung-Hwan Park, MD

Received 3 March 2010 published online 14 May 2010.

Abstract 

The eustachian tube (ET) is normally closed, but it opens temporarily during swallowing. Patients with a patulous ET (PET) have various aural symptoms such as aural fullness, autophony, and hearing their own breathing. These symptoms are caused by abnormal transmission of sound from the pharynx to the middle ear via an open ET with little attenuation. We introduce a novel injection technique for the treatment of PET using autologous cartilage. This procedure is minimally invasive and has been successfully used to treat PET in 2 patients.

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PII: S0196-0709(10)00069-4

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.03.008

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 346-348, July 2011

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