'Two-stage turbinectomy': sequestration of the inferior turbinate following submucosal diathermy.
Submucous diathermy of the inferior turbinates is a widely practised procedure. Three cases are presented in which surgery was complicated by avascular necrosis of the turbinate bone. Each patient required a debridement procedure before healing and recovery of normal mucociliary function could take place.
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Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London.
Fisher
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Golding-Wood
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003646:Debridement; D003972:Diathermy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*