Irradiation of the eustachian tube; an anatomic, physical and clinical study of a treatment for recurrent otitis media applied to aero-otitis.

摘要: Exposure of the eustachian tube to radon, radium or roentgen ray will often prevent recurrent otitis media when this condition is due excess lymphoid tissue about pharyngeal ostium tube. 1 It particularly valuable for certain cases barotrauma (aero-otitis). This communication concern itself with some problems which have been encountered in irradiation tubes airmen. As and deafness other groups, value treatment has already established by Crowe, Burnam their co-workers. 2 The known susceptibility basis use radiation nasopharynx. was first observed lymph nodes, but experience shown that adenoid quite as sensitive. confirmed Schenck 3 on biopsy material. remarkable how little required