Intraturbinal versus extraturbinal microdebrider-assisted inferior turbinoplasty: Preliminary results

Conclusions Extraturbinal microdebrider-assisted inferior turbinoplasty is as effective and safe as the intraturbinal one with shorter operative time and less blood loss with similar morbidity, so the extraturbinal microdebrider-assisted inferior turbinoplasty could be a good option for all cases of inferior turbinate hypertrophy reserving the intraturbinal technique for patients with possible delay of mucosal regeneration e.g. diabetics and old age and patients not accepting the relative delay of improvement of their symptoms.
Source: Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences - Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research