Open AccessA Prospective Study of Different Methods of Inferior Turbinate Reduction
Author(s) -
Santosh Uttarkar Panduranga Rao
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24861.9850
Subject(s) - medicine , turbinectomy , diathermy , surgery , turbinates , reduction (mathematics) , nose , geometry , mathematics
All the functions of nasal cavities are performed through mucosa and contours of the turbinates. Hypertrophied inferior turbinate is one of the major and common causes of nasal obstruction. In these patients nasal obstruction is relieved by inferior turbinate reduction. Many procedures on turbinate reduction have been described earlier.