Eustachian tube dysfunction symptoms after endonasal skull base surgery

David Grimm; Rachel Daum; Bruna R Castro Silva; Christine K Lee; Juan C Fernandez-Miranda; Jayakar V Nayak; Zara M Patel; Peter H Hwang; Michael T Chang

doi:10.1002/alr.23266

Eustachian tube dysfunction symptoms after endonasal skull base surgery

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2024 Apr;14(4):853-857. doi: 10.1002/alr.23266. Epub 2023 Sep 11.

Authors

David Grimm¹, Rachel Daum^{1

2}, Bruna R Castro Silva¹, Christine K Lee³, Juan C Fernandez-Miranda³, Jayakar V Nayak¹, Zara M Patel¹, Peter H Hwang¹, Michael T Chang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
² Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

PMID: 37694445
DOI: 10.1002/alr.23266

Abstract

ETD symptoms are present in 16% patients with underlying skull base pathology. Preoperative ETD symptoms improve following surgical treatment of skull base pathology. ETD symptoms may worsen in patients with central, posterior, or malignant skull base pathology.

Keywords: endoscopic minimally invasive surgery of the skull base; endoscopic skull base surgery; eustachian tube dysfunction; skull base.

MeSH terms

Ear Diseases*
Endoscopy
Eustachian Tube* / surgery
Humans
Neurosurgical Procedures
Nose / surgery
Skull Base / surgery