Radiofrequency Is a Safe and Effective Treatment of Turbinate Hypertrophy

Coste, A.; Yona, Laurent; Blumen, M.; Louis, Bruno; Zérah, Françoise; Rugina, Michel; Peynègre, R; Harf, Alain; Escudier, Estelle

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“…Therefore, nasal surgical procedures like SP impairs the MCC during immediate postoperative period. Coste et al [14] observed that the radiofrequency thermal ablation surgery have preserved the nasal mucociliary functions after only one application. Ulusoy et al [15] observed that before the septal surgery, the nasal mucociliary clearance velocity (NMCV) of concave (10.24 ± 3.96 mm/ min) and convex sides (10.78 ± 3.53 mm/min) of the patients were significantly lower than the control group (17.94 ± 2.89 mm/min).…”

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The Evaluation of Nasal Mucociliary Activity After Septoplasty and External Septorhinoplasty

Sakallıoğlu

Düzer

Kapusuz

et al. 2012

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the nasal mucociliary activity after septoplasty (SP) and external septorhinoplasty (eSRP). Twenty patients who had SP operation (group 1) and 15 patients who had eSRP operation (group 2) were enrolled in the study. On each case, mucociliary clearance (MCC) measurement was performed by saccharine test before surgery, and on the first and third months of postoperative period. Saccharine clearance time (SCT) of 28 healthy volunteers were measured to establish control values. The mean SCT in control group was 8.79 ± 2.63 min, in group 1 patients before surgery was 14.03 ± 1.68 min, in group 2 patients before surgery was 14.34 ± 1.70 min. The preoperative SCT values of the group 1 and group 2 were significantly higher than healthy controls (p \ 0.05). While there were statistically significant differences between preoperative and postoperative third month SCT values of group 1 patients, and postoperative first month and postoperative third month SCT values of group 1 patients (p \ 0.05), there was no statistically significant difference between preoperative and postoperative first and third months SCT values of group 2 patients. Nasal septal deviation impairs the nasal mucociliary activity. Septoplasty operation positively affects the MCC mechanism. On the other hand, we observed no significant effect of eSRP operation on mucociliary activity on the first and third months of postoperative period as compared with preoperative.

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The Evaluation of Nasal Mucociliary Activity After Septoplasty and External Septorhinoplasty

Sakallıoğlu

Düzer

Kapusuz

et al. 2012

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…In electrocautery there is damage to the surface mucosa resulting in loss of mucociliary function and thereby causing crusting. Radiofrequency achieves both goals by inducing a localized submucosal injury, resulting in fibrosis and tissue contraction while preserving the structure and function of overlying mucosa [4].…”

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Comparative Study of Response Through Reduction in the Size of Hypertrophied Inferior Turbinate Causing Nasal Obstruction by Different Surgical Modalities: A Prospective Study

Dhulipalla¹

2014

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Inferior turbinate hypertrophy is one of the major causes of nasal airway obstruction. Medical treatment often produces insufficient improvement. In these cases, surgical reduction of inferior turbinate can be proposed. Many different techniques are currently available. The aim of our study is to prospectively evaluate the effectiveness of three techniques i.e., electrocautery, cryotherapy and radiofrequency by comparing the response of patients to these three surgical modalities of turbinate reduction. A total of 90 patients presenting with nasal obstruction with or without allergic symptoms, fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria, attending ENT OPD are included in the study. A prospective study was conducted on three groups of thirty patients with symptoms and signs of nasal obstruction associated with inferior turbinate hypertrophy of more than 3 months duration. Then the percentage of subjective improvement in nasal airway is used to assess treatment outcomes 1week, 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after surgery. At the end of 12 months, 56.6 % of patients treated with electrocautery and 56.6 % of patients treated with cryotherapy showed 75 % improvement in nasal obstruction whereas 59.99 % of patients treated with radiofrequency showed 100 % improvement. No statistical difference in the amount of improvement in nasal obstruction was noted between the three treatment groups at the end of 12 months because of relatively small sample size. But clinically radiofrequency showed better subjective improvement in nasal obstruction when compared to cryotherapy and electrocautery.

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“…[13][14][15] Max well 16 des cri bes VAS as easy to use, sen si ti ve, and ac cu ra te when tes ting dif fe ren ces wit hin sub ject com pa ri sons. Lund 17 has al so des cribed the use of li ne ar vi su al sca les in the of fi ce eva lu a ti on of na sal obs truc ti on, no ting they are of gre at va lu e for com pa ring se qu en ti al eva lu a ti ons.…”

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A New Surgical Technique of Internal Nasal Valve Collapse

Seren¹

2008

Turkish J Rhinology

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Radiofrequency Is a Safe and Effective Treatment of Turbinate Hypertrophy

Abstract: Radiofrequency is a safe surgical procedure capable of reducing turbinate volume without altering the nasal mucosa, and causing minimal discomfort for the patient.

Cited by 112 publications

References 11 publications

The Evaluation of Nasal Mucociliary Activity After Septoplasty and External Septorhinoplasty

The Evaluation of Nasal Mucociliary Activity After Septoplasty and External Septorhinoplasty

Comparative Study of Response Through Reduction in the Size of Hypertrophied Inferior Turbinate Causing Nasal Obstruction by Different Surgical Modalities: A Prospective Study

A New Surgical Technique of Internal Nasal Valve Collapse

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