Affiliation:
1. Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia
Abstract
Objective
To review Politzerization and describe a complication that has not been reported previously.
Patients
Case report.
Interventions
Clinical details of Politzerization and a complication that has not been reported previously, and a brief review of relevant literature from 1861 to 2022.
Main Outcome Measures
Round window fistula was caused by Politzerization.
Conclusions
Although it is extremely rare, transnasal eustachian tube Politzerization can result in perilymph fistula.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Sensory Systems,Otorhinolaryngology
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