Farmer, Sarah, Quine, Stuart and Eccles, Ronald  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9492-2062
2008.
Efficacy of inferior turbinate coblation for treatment of nasal obstruction.
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
123
(3)
, pp. 309-314.
10.1017/S0022215108002818
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Abstract
Objective: To determine the efficacy of inferior turbinate coblation for the treatment of nasal obstruction. Methods: Twenty patients awaiting submucosal diathermy to the inferior turbinates were recruited into the study. All underwent inferior turbinate coblation. Pre-operative and post-operative nasal function was investigated using posterior rhinomanometry and subjective symptom scales. Results: There was no significant increase in nasal conductance two weeks after inferior turbinate coblation (p = 0.159). However, three months after inferior turbinate coblation, median nasal conductance had increased significantly, from 203 to 324 cm3/s (p = 0.004). The median increase in nasal conductance was 73 cm3/s or 43.5 per cent. Post-operative visual analogue patients' reported post-operative visual analogue scales scores for nasal obstruction decreased significantly, both two weeks (p = 0.006) and three months after inferior turbinate coblation (p = 0.001) when compared to Pre-operative values. There was no change in the reported severity of rhinorrhoea, nasal itching or sneezing. There was a significant relationship (ρ = −0.57, p = 0.014) between pre-operative nasal conductance and change in nasal conductance after inferior turbinate coblation. Conclusions: This study confirms the short-term efficacy of inferior turbinate coblation for the treatment of nasal obstruction. The benefit was greatest in patients with lower pre-operative nasal conductance. Objective measures of nasal obstruction may be important when selecting patients for inferior turbinate coblation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Schools > Biosciences |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | nasal obstruction; turbinates; electrosurgery |
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| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0022-2151 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2023 00:48 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/22052 |
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