Fibrocartilaginous eustachian tube [[electronic resource] ] : middle ear cleft / / edited by Bernard Ars

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451548803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: The Hague, : Kugler, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-73918-5; 9786610739189; 90-6299-743-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ArsB (Bernard)
• Disciplina: 616.2; 616.2106
• Soggetti: Eustachian tube - Diseases; Middle ear - Diseases; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction; History; The history of the anatomy and physiology of the fibrocartilaginous eustachian tube; Phylogeny; Phylogeny of hearing and auditory structures; Morphology and physiology; Developmental morphology of the middle ear cleft; Development of the fibrocartilaginous eustachian tube; Opening and closure of the fibrocartilaginous eustachian tube; Balance of pressure variations in the middle ear cleft; Inflammatory mediators, gas composition, and middle ear epithelial pathophysiology: an experimental approach using cell culture; Eustachian tube function and mucosal diffusion: their mutual relationship to middle ear pressure regulationMiddle ear cleft pressure: continuous 24-hour measurements; Contribution of eardrum pars flaccida and pars tensa volume displacement to pressure regulation in the middle ear cleft; Fibrocartilaginous eustachian tube and cholesteatoma; Paraclinical tubal functional evaluation; Sonotubometry; Tubomanometry; Tubomanometry and pathology; Slow motion endoscopic video-analysis of the fibrocartilaginous eustachian tube; Therapeutic management of tubal dysfunction; Tubal dysfunction: etiology and middle ear pathologyEustachian tube surgery. I. Laser eustachian tuboplasty. II. Patulous eustachian tube surgical management; Re-adaptation of the baroreceptors of the fibrocartilaginous eustachian tube and middle ear cleft by means of the Kinétube®; Tubal therapy: its foundations, modalities and efficiency; Index of authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Acute and chronic ear disease continues to be one of the leading diseases of childhood. Understanding eustachian tube function and management remains one of the most important aspects in controlling inflammatory ear disease. Chronic ear disease requires elaborate surgical interventions designed to bypass eustachian tube dysfunction and/or poor mastoid aeration, since surgical management of the eustachian tube has been elusive. Our understanding of the ear and hearing continues to expand at record pace, as auditory neuroscientists discover the fundamental molecular structure and function of the