Histopathological Changes After Coblation Inferior Turbinate Reduction

Abstract

To assess the medium-to long-term histopathological changes after coblation (cold ablation) inferior turbinate (IT) reduction (CITR) surgery for refractory IT hypertrophy.

Radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction of the inferior turbinate in a sheep model

“…Replacement of venous sinusoids and loose connective tissue with fibrosis prevents the engorgement of turbinate tissue, which causes nasal obstruction. This finding confirms the limited data available in the literature from sheep and human studies of turbinate reduction histopathology 4, 16, 20, 21…”

Inferior nasal turbinate wound healing after submucosal radiofrequency tissue ablation and monopolar electrocautery: Histologic study in a sheep model

“…Moreover, the need for a high amount of tissue samples for this type of study can be adequately addressed in this model. For example, in the study by Berger et al,5 only a 1.5‐ to 2.0‐cm full‐thickness mucosal piece was harvested from the antero‐medial aspect of the INT. As a result, the respective specimens were less representative than the ones gained after processing of the mucosa of the entire INT, as is the case in the sheep model.…”

“…RTA of the hyperplastic INT has been studied extensively and has demonstrated its efficacy in patients suffering from INT hypertrophy 2–5. However, there are only few reports describing the temporal course of the early phases of wound healing at the histology level after surgical reduction of the INT tissue using RTA and MEC, and fewer reports studying the wound‐healing phases at the histologic level in animals 6, 7.…”

Postnasal Drip due to Inferior Turbinate Perforation after Radiofrequency Turbinate Surgery: A Case Report

“…In this technique, the turbinate is shrunk through the placement of a surgical probe and with radiofrequency; the submucosal tissue is vaporized while the mucosal layer is preserved to allow for continued nasal humidification. 19 …”