Treatment of inferior turbinate hypertrophy: a randomized clinical trial |
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Authors: | Passàli Desiderio Passàli Francesco Maria Damiani Valerio Passàli Giulio Cesare Bellussi Luisa |
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Affiliation: | Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Siena, Medical School, Siena, Italy. |
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Abstract: | In the past 130 years, many surgical procedures for turbinate reduction have been developed. We analyzed the long-term efficacy of 6 of these surgical techniques (turbinectomy, laser cautery, electrocautery, cryotherapy, submucosal resection, and submucosal resection with lateral displacement) over a 6-year follow-up period. We randomly divided 382 patients into 6 therapeutic groups and surgically treated them at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the University of Siena. After 6 years, only submucosal resection resulted in optimal long-term normalization of nasal patency and in restoration of mucociliary clearance and local secretory IgA production to a physiological level with few postoperative complications (p < .001). The addition of lateral displacement of the inferior turbinate improved the long-term results. We recommend, in spite of the greater surgical skill required, submucosal resection combined with lateral displacement as the first-choice technique for the treatment of nasal obstruction due to hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates. |
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