The Study of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between ear fullness, pressure, and/or pain and laryngopharyngeal reflux, in order to focus medical therapy and improve therapeutic outcomes in this patient population.

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Primary completion

2015-05

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Publications

• Background Barbero GJ. Gastroesophageal reflux and upper airway disease. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 1996 Feb;29(1):27-38.
• Background Crapko M, Kerschner JE, Syring M, Johnston N. Role of extra-esophageal reflux in chronic otitis media with effusion. Laryngoscope. 2007 Aug;117(8):1419-23. doi: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318064f177.
• Background Heavner SB, Hardy SM, White DR, Prazma J, Pillsbury HC 3rd. Transient inflammation and dysfunction of the eustachian tube secondary to multiple exposures of simulated gastroesophageal refluxant. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2001 Oct;110(10):928-34. doi: 10.1177/000348940111001007.
• Background Mims JW. The impact of extra-esophageal reflux upon diseases of the upper respiratory tract. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Jun;16(3):242-6. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282fdc3d6.
• Background Norman G, Llewellyn A, Harden M, Coatesworth A, Kimberling D, Schilder A, McDaid C. Systematic review of the limited evidence base for treatments of Eustachian tube dysfunction: a health technology assessment. Clin Otolaryngol. 2014 Feb;39(1):6-21. doi: 10.1111/coa.12220.
• Background Schreiber S, Garten D, Sudhoff H. Pathophysiological mechanisms of extraesophageal reflux in otolaryngeal disorders. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 Jan;266(1):17-24. doi: 10.1007/s00405-008-0770-1. Epub 2008 Aug 13.
• Background Yazici ZM, Sari M, Uneri C, Midi A, Tugtepe H. Histologic changes in eustachian tube mucosa of rats after exposure to gastric reflux. Laryngoscope. 2008 May;118(5):849-53. doi: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318164d0c0.

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