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Extended follow-up of total inferior turbinate resection for relief of chronic nasal obstruction
Article first published online: 5 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198509000-00015
Copyright © 1985 The Triological Society
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Moore, G. F., Freeman, T. J., Ogren, F. P. and Yonkers, A. J. (1985), Extended follow-up of total inferior turbinate resection for relief of chronic nasal obstruction. The Laryngoscope, 95: 1095–1099. doi: 10.1288/00005537-198509000-00015
Publication History
- Issue published online: 5 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 5 JAN 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 20 MAR 1985
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Abstract
Total inferior turbinectomy has been proposed as a treatment for chronic nasal airway obstruction refractory to other, more conservative, methods of treatment. Traditionally, it has been criticized because of its adverse effects on nasophysiology. In this study, patients who had previously undergone total inferior turbinectomy were evaluated with the use of an extensive questionnaire. It confirms that total inferior turbinectomy carries significant morbidity and should be condemned.