Clinical evaluation of balloon dilation eustachian tuboplasty surgery in adult otitis media with effusion.

Conclusion: BDET might be effective for the patients with OME, and proved to be an efficacious and mini-invasive treatment for OME.

Objectives: To evaluate the therapeutic benefits of balloon dilation eustachian tuboplasty (BDET) in the treatment of adult patients with otitis media with effusion (OME) caused by eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD).

Methods: After informed consent, eight adult patients with OME were included in this study.

[A new classification of extensions of the sphenoid sinus of Chinese adult by CT].

Objective: To examine various pneumatized extensions of the sphenoid sinus of Chinese people.

Method: The sphenoid sinus and its surrounding structures were examined from 100 computed tomography images of the sinus. The type of the sphenoid sinus was classified according to the various extensions of the sinus.

[The necessity of post-maneuver postural restriction in treating benign paroxysmal positional vertigo].

Objective: To evaluate the necessity of postural restrictions after repositioning maneuvers in posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Method: Sixty-eight consecutive patients diagnosed of posterior canal BPPV with a positive Dix-Hallpike test. Thirty-two patients were instructed to follow postural restrictions after repositioning maneuvers, and 36 patients did not receive any postural restriction after treatment.