Management of Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy: A Comparative Study Between Partial Turbinectomy and Submucous Diathermy Mohammad Hassan Al-Baldawi
Management of Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy: A Comparative Study Between Partial Turbinectomy and Submucous Diathermy Mohammad Hassan Al-Baldawi
Management of Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy: A Comparative Study Between Partial Turbinectomy and Submucous Diathermy Mohammad Hassan Al-Baldawi
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Table 1: Preoperative assessment in the left side (with SMD) and right side with partial turbinectomy
Preoperative Assessment
Left side
Right side
No.
No.
Subjective findings : Feeling of nasal obstruction
Snoring
Objective findings : Spatula test ( negative )
Nasal examination (large size turbinate )
Radiological examination( large size turbinate)
40
40
40
40
38
40
40
40
40
40
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Left side
Nil
Nil
Right side
5 ( 12.5% )
2(5%)
1 ( 2.5% )
2(5%)
Nil
Nil
Nil
5 ( 12.5% )
Nil
Nil
Results
98 %
76 %
60 %
82.5 %
Results
98 %
96 %
77 %
81.7 %
77 %
90 %
97.5 %
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