TOTAL INFERIOR TURBINECTOMY VERSUS INFERIOR TURBINOPLASTY- A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 35
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chronic nasal obstruction due to hypertrophy of the inferior turbinate is a very common problem encountered by otolaryngologist. Several surgical procedures have been suggested to deal with hypertrophy of the inferior turbinate. This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the efficacy and complications of two of the widely practised surgical procedures, total inferior turbinectomy and inferior turbinoplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a non-randomised trial. Fifty patients with chronic nasal obstruction due to associated inferior turbinate hypertrophy were selected for the study. They were divided into two groups with 25 patients in each group. One group underwent total inferior turbinectomy with concomitant septoplasty and the other inferior turbinoplasty with concomitant septoplasty. RESULTS Significant improvement in nasal obstruction was noticed in both the groups. Out of 50 patients with nasal obstruction, 47 patients (94%) were relieved of the symptoms, of which 24/25 patients (96%) and 23/25 (92%) patients were present in total inferior turbinectomy and inferior turbinoplasty groups respectively. Significant difference in terms of complications was noticed between the two types of surgery. CONCLUSION Both total inferior turbinectomy and inferior turbinoplasty are effective surgical procedures for the management of inferior turbinate hypertrophy. Inferior turbinoplasty is technically more difficult, but has less number of complications. Further follow-up study with large number of subjects is necessary to assess the long-term effectiveness and complications of total inferior turbinectomy.
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Sathish Kumar K. N, Akash Aradhya S
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- DOI 10.14260/jemds/2018/859
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