Surgical techniques in the inferior turbinates hypertrophy

Abstract

In the current medical practice, nasal congestion is one of the most frequent symptoms that bring the patients at doctor. One of the most common causes of chronic nasal obstruction is inferior turbinate hypertrophy. Surgical therapy is reserved for those patients who remain symptomatic despite proper medical therapy. The authors bring into question a number of procedures and surgical techniques addressed to the inferior turbinate hypertrophy, choosing one or another depending on the surgeon’s personal experience, the existing pathology and, not at least, the patient’s wish.