Effects of turbinoplasty versus outfracture and bipolar cautery on the compensatory inferior turbinate hypertrophy in septoplasty patients

Introduction: The most common cause of septoplasty failure is inferior turbinate hypertrophy that is not treated properly. Several techniques have been described to date: total or partial turbinectomy, submucosal resection (surgical or with a microdebrider), with turbinate outfracture being some of...

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Main Authors: Aykut Bozan, Hüseyin Naim Eriş, Denizhan Dizdar, Sercan Göde, Bahar Taşdelen, Hayrettin Cengiz Alpay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1808869418302453