Professor Holger SudhoffMD, PhD, FRCS, FRCPath
Professor and Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, OWL Medical School, Bielefeld University, Germany Holger Sudhoff is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Klinikum Bielefeld, OWL Medical School, Bielefeld University, Germany since 2007. He completed his Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery residency and plastic surgery training as well as his M.D. at Bochum University (Henning Hildmann, MD). His postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University, St. Louis and the Royal National Ear Nose and Throat Hospital resulted in a Ph.D. in Biology at Bielefeld University. He performed a “Skull Base Fellowship” (David Moffat, MD, PhD) and research fellowship (Sanger Institute) at Cambridge University in 2006.
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Professor Sudhoff became a member of the “The Royal College of Surgeons” and “The Royal College of Pathologists” in 2012. He served as President of the West-German ENT Society in 2015 and was elected by the Focus magazine as “Top Medical Doctor in Otorhinolaryngology” in Germany from 2013 to 2021. He is a board member of Politzer Society. Professor Sudhoff is on the editorial board of 14 peer reviewed journals. He has published extensively with over 240 publications in peer reviewed journals, pioneered Eustachian tube surgery, has authored six textbooks and over 45 book chapters.
Managing the Eustachian Tube
Eustachian tube dysfunction intends to describe a variety of signs, symptoms, and physical findings that result from the impairment of ET function. A large variety of methods have been employed to assess ET function in the literature. Due to the lack of high level evidence, it is difficult to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of medical and surgical treatments. There are various medical and surgical interventions available for chronic obstructive ET dysfunction including balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) and laser or microdebrider tuboplasty. Like many newly introduced techniques the current data remains limited to non-controlled case-series, with heterogeneous data collection methods and lacking substantial long-term outcomes. Nevertheless, short-term data provide favorable results. Current treatment options comprising BET and patulous ET surgery may be offered as a treatment possibility to selected patients.
Eustachian tube dysfunction intends to describe a variety of signs, symptoms, and physical findings that result from the impairment of ET function. A large variety of methods have been employed to assess ET function in the literature. Due to the lack of high level evidence, it is difficult to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of medical and surgical treatments. There are various medical and surgical interventions available for chronic obstructive ET dysfunction including balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) and laser or microdebrider tuboplasty. Like many newly introduced techniques the current data remains limited to non-controlled case-series, with heterogeneous data collection methods and lacking substantial long-term outcomes. Nevertheless, short-term data provide favorable results. Current treatment options comprising BET and patulous ET surgery may be offered as a treatment possibility to selected patients.
