Surgical treatment of the inferior turbinate: new techniques

Abstract

Surgical reduction of the inferior turbinate can be performed using a variety of techniques. When analyzing different methods, emphasis on efficacy, function preservation, and avoidance of complications is paramount.

The diagnosis and management of rhinitis: An updated practice parameter

“…531,532 The various surgical procedures available (eg, bipolar cautery or radiofrequency ablation) 524,533-535 alleviate the mucosal hypertrophy, the bony hypertrophy (eg, submucosal resection), or a combination of bony and mucosal hypertrophy (eg, powdered turbinoplasty or laser turbinectomy). [536][537][538][539] If the patient with rhinitis and coexisting turbinate hypertrophy has been unresponsive to medical therapy, a surgical evaluation can be considered. [540][541][542] In children, the indications for adenoidectomy are sleep apnea caused by adenotonsillar hypertrophy, chronic adenoiditis, and 543 For OME, an adenoidectomy is usually recommended after the first set of tympanostomy tubes extrudes, effusion returns, and a second set of tympanostomy tubes are being considered.…”

Comparison of Partial Inferior Turbinectomy and Submucosal Diathermy for Hypertrophied Inferior Turbinate in Allergic Rhinitis Patients

“…The most common procedures performed to relieve nasal obstruction in patients with allergic rhinitis are those directed at reducing the size of inferior turbinates 26 . Hence we studied these surgical methods to treat the patients suffering from allergic rhinitis.…”

Effect of Laser Treatment on Olfactory Dysfunction

“…Other surgical techniques for removal of hyperplastic IT such as conchotomy, inferior turbinoplasty, turbinectomy, lateral outfracture or cryotherapy had a wider range of side effects and higher risk of complications [24,25]. In contrast, the correct laser in the correct clinical situation offers significant benefits over standard non-laser methods: e.g., rapid and bloodless operations, less postoperative edema, less pain, and good spontaneous epithelialization of defects.…”