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A comparison of partial inferior turbinectomy and cryosurgery for hypertrophic inferior turbinates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Yoseph Rakover  and
Gabriel Rosen
Yoseph Rakover*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel
Gabriel Rosen
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel
*
Address for correspondence: Y. Rakover, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Central Emek Hospital, Afula 18101, Israel.
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Abstract

A variety of surgical procedures are performed for treatment of hypertrophic inferior turbinates, but there is no completely effective therapy. We evaluated subjectively and objectively 52 patients who underwent one of two procedures: partial inferior turbinectomy (PIT) or cryosurgery of the inferior turbinates (CS). The results of PIT showed good functional results in 77 per cent of cases for long-term effectiveness. The results of CS showed that effectiveness was reduced from a 62 per cent success rate after one year to 35 per cent later, but CS was a simple procedure which was performed on an outpatient basis with no postoperative morbidity.

Keywords

CryosurgeryTurbinates surgeryVasomotor rhinitisPerennial allergic rhinitis

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 732 - 735
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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