2020 Volume 30 Issue 3 Pages 167-170
New developments have been seen in both the diagnosis and treatment of patulous Eustachian tube, and it is an urgent task to grasp the actual situation. Therefore, a questionnaire survey was conducted for medical education institutions and Japanese Otologic Society delegates. The diagnostic criteria proposed by Japan Otological Society was used by 76.5%, and about half of the institutes were found to use JK05-A models as Eustachian tube function test apparatus. For conservative treatment, lifestyle guidance, Chinese herbal medicine administration, and nasal instillation of physiological saline were adopted at many facilities. There were 581.7 intractable cases per year resistant to conservative treatment. As surgical treatments, ventilation tube insertion and silicone plug insertion have been performed frequently. Based on the results of this questionnaire survey, it seemed necessary that the use of Eustachian tube function tests should further be promoted, and that the proper use of the surgical treatment for the patulous Eustachian tube should also be promoted in the future.
