Does the reduction of inferior turbinate affect lower airway functions?

Ünsal, Özlem; Ozkahraman, Mehtap; Özkarafakılı, Müfide Arzu; Akpınar, Meltem; Korkut, Arzu Yasemin; Dizdar, Senem Kurt; Coşkun, Berna Uslu

doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2017.10.007

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“…15 Similarly Unsal conducted a study on the reduction of ITH and its effect on the nose volume and found that the total volume of nose increased significantly after the treatment of ITH (p<0.001). 13 This study is also in consistence with Kaymakci's result who reported that both frequency and severity of nasal obstruction were significantly reduced after the reduction of the size of the inferior turbinate with radiofrequency and lateral displacement (p<0.001). [16][17][18]…”

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Medical vs Surgical Treatment for Symptomatic Enlarged Inferior Turbinate: A Comparative Study

Rehman

Wahid

Zada

et al. 2021

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Objective: To determine the nasal patency after reducing the size of hypertrophied inferior turbinate with medication and surgery. Study Design: Prospective comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Teaching Institute, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar Pakistan, from Jan to Dec 2019. Methodology: This study was conducted at the After-sample size calculation using an online sample size calculator (OpenEpi) and after obtaining informed consent patients were divided into two groups. Patients in group A were put on medicine only and in group B surgery was conducted to reduce the size of hypertrophied inferior turbinate. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25 and p<0.05 was considered significant. Results: This study comprised of total 86 patients, in the age range 15-55 years with mean ± SD age 33.47 ± 9.57 years. Males were 47 (54.7%) and females were 39 (45.3%) with male to female ratio of 1.2:1. In group A, males were 22 (25.25%), females were 21 (24.41%), while in group B males were 25 (29.1%) and females were 18 (20.3%). There was no statistically significant difference in nasal patency between the two groups before treatment (p=0.59) and after 10 days of treatment (p=0.69). However, at the end of one month, there was a statistically significant difference in nasal patency between the medically treated and surgically treated groups of patients (p=0.023).Conclusion: Surgical treatment is significantly effective than medical treatment alone.

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“…12 Similarly in a Turkish study mean age of the patients was 32.16 ± 10.48 years (range 20-59 years). 13 The reason is that the 3 rd and 4 th decade is the most active time of life, one can be affected easily by environmental hazards and seeks asolution on apriority basis to eliminateany health issues.…”

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Medical vs Surgical Treatment for Symptomatic Enlarged Inferior Turbinate: A Comparative Study

Rehman

Wahid

Zada

et al. 2021

PAFMJ

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“…Various procedures, such as the RF-assisted uvulopalatoplasty or RFassisted tongue base reduction have been described and are feasible under local anaesthesia, which is another important advantage of RF-surgery [8][9][10][11]. A further popular application is the tissue reduction of the inferior turbinates in the treatment of nasal obstruction due to nasal concha hyperplasia [12,13]. Despite the uptrend of RF-based procedures in head and neck surgery, there is no information on the characteristics of RFassisted resection of tumors of the oral cavity or the oropharynx available.…”

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