Balloon Eustachian Tuboplasty Combined or Not with Myringotomy in Eustachian Tube Dysfunction.

Wei-Chieh LinYao-Wen ChangTing-Ya KangCiou-Nan YeHung-Pin WuChung-Ching Lin

Published in: Journal of personalized medicine (2023)

Both BET alone and BET + M effectively and safely improved the subjective and objective ETD outcomes. However, adding myringotomy did not further improve the outcomes over BET alone, while it incurred risks such as persistent perforation. BET alone may sufficiently treat ETD without requiring myringotomy in this cohort. Further randomized controlled trials should identify optimal candidates for BET alone versus combined approaches.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
systematic review
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
risk assessment
sleep quality
climate change
human health
study protocol
double blind