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Submucous diathermy of the inferior turbinates in chronic hypertrophic rhinitis*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Mamdouh Talaat ,
Eshrak El-Sabawy ,
Fathy Abdel Baky  and
Ahmed Abdel Raheem
Mamdouh Talaat*
Affiliation:
Alexandria, Egypt
Eshrak El-Sabawy
Affiliation:
Alexandria, Egypt
Fathy Abdel Baky
Affiliation:
Alexandria, Egypt
Ahmed Abdel Raheem
Affiliation:
Alexandria, Egypt
*
ENT Department, Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt.
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Summary

Twenty patients, 10 allergic and 10 non-allergic, with chronic hypertrophic rhinitis and presenting mainly with bilateral nasal obstruction were subjected to sub-mucosal diathermy of their inferior turbinates. There was significant post-operative improvement clinically, histopathologically and histochemically in the non-allergic group, while the improvement was less obvious in the allergic cases. The post-operative clinical improvement as regards rhinorrhea and sneezing was not as marked as that for nasal obstruction. Evaluation of the results showed that sub-mucous diathermy of inferior turbinates is a good line of treatment for cases of chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, with better results in the non-allergic group of patients.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 5 , May 1987 , pp. 452 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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Footnotes

*

Departments of Otolaryngology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.

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