著者
熊沢 忠躬 本田 啓二
出版者
耳鼻咽喉科臨床学会
雑誌
耳鼻咽喉科臨床 (ISSN:00326313)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.75, no.9, pp.1755-1766, 1982-09-01 (Released:2011-11-04)
参考文献数
18

An honorable presentation entitled “Clinical and Fundamental Studies on the Eustachian Tube” was reported at the annual meeting of Japan Society of Otolaryngology in 1980. In this presentation, the function of the Eustachian tube was discussed fundamentally and clinically, although we found that various clinical problems still remain in our practice on this tube.The following points should be considered;1) Are Eustachian tube problems functional or organic?2) The location of the lesion.3) Patency.4) Reversibility of dysfunction.5) Clearance function of fluid and air through the tube.6) Relationship between this tube and peritubal lesion in the pharyngeal ostium, tympanal ostium, parotid gland and submaxillar joint.7) Choice of therapeutic methods and evaluation of the result.When these problems are solved, the diagnosis of the Eustachian tube function will be made clearly. Tubo-tympanoaerodynamic graphy, tympanometry, cndoscopic and electromyographic findings will be useful for this purpose. Physical and anatomical research should also be performed.