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Herbert Silverstein, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1970;91(4):313-318.

Abstract
A new method using a flanged silicone-rubber (Silastic) tube inserted through a hole in the bony external canal, has been developed in an effort to create a permanent air-containing middle ear space. This method may be indicated when there is persistent and refractory malfunction or nonfunction of the eustachian tube in the following conditions: (1) chronic secretory otitis media; (2) chronic adhesive otitis media; (3) atrophic tympanic membranes that will not hold an indwelling pressure-equalizing tube; and (4) during or following tympanoplasty procedures for chronic suppurative otitis media.

Author Affiliations
Boston

From the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 29, 1969.

Reprint requests to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Otolaryngology, 243 Charles St, Boston 02114 (Dr. Silverstein).

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