TY - JOUR
T1 - Total inferior turbinectomy
T2 - Operative results and technique
AU - Talmon, Y.
AU - Samet, A.
AU - Gilbey, P.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The internal nasal structures, including the turbinates, regulate the nasal airflow. The surgical treatment of turbinate hypertrophy remains controversial. A wide variety of surgical procedures is performed, with universally unsatisfactory results. Interference with nasal physiology and possible postoperative complications have been the main reasons for the objection to total inferior turbinectomy. Over a 6-year period, 357 total inferior bilateral turbinectomies were performed at our institution. We present the results of these procedures and describe our surgical technique. We conclude that even in a hot and dusty climate, total inferior turbinectomy is an effective and relatively safe procedure.
AB - The internal nasal structures, including the turbinates, regulate the nasal airflow. The surgical treatment of turbinate hypertrophy remains controversial. A wide variety of surgical procedures is performed, with universally unsatisfactory results. Interference with nasal physiology and possible postoperative complications have been the main reasons for the objection to total inferior turbinectomy. Over a 6-year period, 357 total inferior bilateral turbinectomies were performed at our institution. We present the results of these procedures and describe our surgical technique. We conclude that even in a hot and dusty climate, total inferior turbinectomy is an effective and relatively safe procedure.
KW - Nasal obstruction
KW - Total inferior turbinectomy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033635422&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/000348940010901206
DO - 10.1177/000348940010901206
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C2 - 11130822
AN - SCOPUS:0033635422
SN - 0003-4894
VL - 109
SP - 1117
EP - 1119
JO - Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
JF - Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
IS - 12 I
ER -