The characteristic of patulous eustachian tube patients diagnosed by the JOS diagnostic criteria.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:The objective is to describe characteristics of patients diagnosed with patulous Eustachian tube (PET) using the Diagnostic Criteria proposed by Japan Otological Society, and to evaluate the efficiency of objective tests to determine patent Eustachian tube. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective. SETTING:Tertiary referral center. SUBJECTS:A retrospective survey of medical records in Sen-En Rifu Hospital identified 78 ears of 56 patients with "Definite PET" diagnosed by the JOS Diagnostic Criteria between January 2017 and December 2017. METHOD:Initial diagnosis, aural symptoms (voice autophony, aural fullness and breathing autophony), tubal obstruction procedures (posture change and pharyngeal orifice obstruction) and objective findings (tympanic membrane movement, Tubo-Tympano-Aerodynamic Gr

SUBMITTER: Kawamura Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934284 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature