McNicoll W D
Arch Otolaryngol. 1982 May;108(5):279-83. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1982.00790530015005.
Fifty-four recruit volunteers to the submarine and diving branches of the Royal Navy, and 35 nonvolunteers to the submarine branch who acted as control subjects, had their conditions assessed. All were unable to attain middle ear pressure equilibration when exposed to an increase in ambient pressure of 3 m H2O in the compression chamber. All the subjects suffered from the nose-ear distress syndrome, which is defined as the combination of Eustachian tube dysfunction and septal deviation in the absence of any other pathological conditions, The volunteer group were submitted to submucosal resection of the nasal septum, while the nonvolunteers were treated conservatively. Six weeks after operation 51 subjects (94.4%) who had had a submucosal resection were able to equilibrate their middle ear pressures at 10 m H2O. All the nonvolunteer group failed to equilibrate at 3 m H2O.
对54名皇家海军潜艇部队和潜水部队的招募志愿者，以及35名作为对照对象的潜艇部队非志愿者的身体状况进行了评估。在压力舱内环境压力增加3米水柱时，所有人都无法实现中耳压力平衡。所有受试者都患有鼻耳不适综合征，该综合征定义为在没有任何其他病理状况的情况下，咽鼓管功能障碍和鼻中隔偏曲同时存在。志愿者组接受了鼻中隔黏膜下切除术，而非志愿者组则接受保守治疗。术后六周，51名（94.4%）接受鼻中隔黏膜下切除术的受试者能够在10米水柱压力下实现中耳压力平衡。所有非志愿者组在3米水柱压力下均未能实现压力平衡。
