The Prevalence of Hearing Symptoms Associated With Patulous Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Following Bariatric Surgery at King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Background A patulous Eustachian tube (PET) is defined as a persistent tubal opening, which affects 0.3-6.6% of the population, with a female preponderance. PET is caused by the loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue enclosing the cartilaginous portion of the Eustachian tube (Ostmann’s pad) as a result...

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Autores principales: Albawardi, Khalid A, Alsanad, Faisal A, Aldosari, Hamdan S, Alhelal, Sarah A, Alasmari, Mubashir M, Alsadi, Mada A, Aldohayan, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10491997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37692735
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43255

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