Autologous cartilage injection for the patulous eustachian tube

Soo-Keun Kong; Il-Woo Lee; Eui-Kyung Goh; Sung-Hwan Park

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.03.008

Autologous cartilage injection for the patulous eustachian tube

Am J Otolaryngol. 2011 Jul-Aug;32(4):346-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.03.008. Epub 2010 May 14.

Authors

Soo-Keun Kong¹, Il-Woo Lee, Eui-Kyung Goh, Sung-Hwan Park

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea.

PMID: 20466454
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.03.008

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cartilage / transplantation*
Ear Diseases / diagnosis
Ear Diseases / surgery*
Eustachian Tube / surgery*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Injections
Male
Middle Aged