Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of the Eustachian Tube via the Soft Palate Approach in Miniature PigsHui Song *1,2,3,4, Jianping Jia *1,2,3,4, Danheng Zhao *1,2,3,4, Mengyuan Guo 1,2,3,4, Fangyuan Wang 1,2,3,4, Kun Hou 1,2,3,4, Nan Jiang 5, Zhenhao Fu 1,2,3,4, Jingcheng Zhou 1,2,3,4, Haoze Zhang 1,2,3,4, Yulin Ding 1,2,3,4, Yuting Yang 5, Chen Chen 5, Xinyuan Jia 1,2,3,4, Zhaohui Hou 1,2,3,4, Shiming Yang 1,2,3,4
1Senior Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Chinese PLA Medical School, 2National Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngologic Diseases, 3Key Laboratory of Hearing Science, Ministry of Education, 4Beijing Key Laboratory of Hearing Impairment for Prevention and Treatment, 5Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
In this study, we present a protocol to explore an eustachian tube surgery approach via the soft palate in miniature pigs. The surgical procedure is simple, with short surgical time, and wound healing is rapid; it is thus a good choice for procedures such as balloon dilation of the eustachian tube.
