The tympano‐frontal shunt: A procedure for the treatment of chronic eustachian tube insufficiency.
- 5 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 85 (1) , 100-112
- https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-197501000-00008
Abstract
Eight ears with complications due to chronic eustachian tube insufficiency had insertion of a silicone rubber tympano-frontal shunt tube between the mastoid antrum and the ipsilateral frontal sinus. A one-way valve designed to open at-10 mm H2O was placed on the tympanic end of the tube to minimize tube obstruction by ear secretions. Follow-up an average of 20 months post insertion showed six of the eight ears to have an aerated middle ear without fluid or tympanic membrane retraction or perforation.Keywords
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